C.iV. 


COL.  DWIGHT  MORRIS. 


HISTORY 


OF   THE 


FOURTEENTH    REGIMENT, 

CONNECTICUT  VOL.  INFANTRY. 


BY 


CHARLES  D.  PAGE. 


ILLUSTRATED. 


MERIDEX,  COXX.: 

THE  HORTON  PRINTING  Co. 

1906 


COPYRIGHTED  1906. 

Published  under  the  auspices  of 
CHARLKR  LYMAN,   ALBERT  F.  HALL  and 

JOHN  MCCARTHY. 

A  Committee  of  the  Society  of  the 

Fourteenth  Connecticut 

Regiment. 


To  the  members 

of  the 

FOURTEENTH  REGIMENT, 

CONNECTICUT  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY 

who  still  remain  to  do  service 

in  the  battle  of  life, 
and  to  the  memory  of  the 

brave  ones 

mustered   out, 

these   pages    are 

dedicated. 


M12G9Z6 


CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER    I.— THK  BIRTH  OF  THE  REGIMENT. 

Designed  for  a  "  Camp  of  Instructions."— The  President's  Call  for  Troops. 
—Governor  Buckingham's  Appeal. — Revival  of  Enlistments. — Camp 
Foote. — Lack  of  Discipline.- -Mustered  into  U.  S.  Service. — Leave 
Hartford  for  the  Front. — Towns  Represented  in  the  Regiment. — Dr. 
Jewett's  Opinions  and  Memories. 

CHAPTER    II  —  FROM  NK\V   YORK  TO  ANT1ETAM. 

Arrival  in  New  York.  —Reception.  —  Major  Hinck's  Description  of  the 
Journey  to  Washington. — An  Accident  at  Easton,  Penn.  Arrival  at 
Harrisburg. — At  Baltimore. — At  Washington. — Reviewed  by  the  Pres 
ident. — General  Wool's  Opinion.— At  Camp  Chase. — At  Fort  Ethan 
Allen.  — Become  a  part  of  the  Second  Corps. — The  March  to  Antietam. 
South  Mountain.— Camp  on  the  Boonsboro  Pike. 

CHAPTER    III.— THE    BATTLE    OF  ANTIETAM. 

Description  of  the  Field.— The  Confederate  Forces. — Tho  Union  Forces. — 
The  i4th  Regiment  Fords  the  Antietam— The  Roulette  Farm.— The 
Cornfield.  —  Bloody  Lane.  —  Ordered  to  Support  Brooke,— Death  of 
General  Richardson. — On  the  Plowed  Field. — Captain  Blinn- — Captain 
Willard. — List  of  Killed,  Wounded  and  Missing. — Report  of  Lieut.  - 
Colonel  Sanford  H.  Perkins. 

CHAPTER    IV. — AFTER  ANTIETAM  AND  BEFORE  FREDERICKSBURG. 

The  Regiment  Leaves  Antietam. — March  to  Boliver  Heights.— Fording 
the  River. — Sickly  Conditions  of  the  Camp  — The  Routine  of  Camp 
Life. — Leave  for  Belle  Plain.— The  March  Down  the  Loudon  Valley. — 
The  Story  of  the  Bee  Hives.— Reach  Belle  Plain.— The  Condition  of 
the  Camp.— The  Camp  at  Falmouth. 

CHAPTER    V. — THE  BATTLE  OF  EREDERICKSBURG. 

Description  of  the  Field. — The  Hopelessness  of  the  Attack.— The  Delay  in 
Laying  the  Pontoons. — The  Regiment  Crosses. — Experiences  of  the 
Night.— The  Attack.— The  Part  that  the  Regiment  Played.— Lt. -Colonel 
Perkins  Wounded.— Captain  Gibbons.— Charles  Lyman's  experience. 
—List  of  Killed,  Wounded  and  Missing.— Captain  Davis'  Report. 

CHAPTER    VI. — THE  WINTER    AT  FALMOUTH. 

Return  of  the  Regiment  to  Camp. — The  Demoralization  of  the  Ranks. 
—Captain  Samuel  A.  Moore  Overcome. — Better  Rations. — Men  Refuse 
to  Enthuse  over  the  Toast  :4  Across  the  Rappahanock," — Burial  of 
Captain  Gibbons. — Condition  of  the  Hospital.— Promotions. —  Fred 
Doten's  Punches.— Surgeon  Rockwell,  Leaves  the  Regiment. — Sketch. 
—The  Regiment  Leaves  for  Chancellorsville. 


CHAPTER    VII. — THE  AFFAIR   AT  CH ANCELLORSYII.LE. 

Lieut. -Colonel  Theodore  G.  Ellis  in  Command. — The  Regiment  Crosses 
the  Rappahannock. — Description  of  the  Battlefield.— Little  for  the 
Regiment  to  do. — The  Break  of  the  nth  Corps. — Heroism  of  the 
Fourteenth  Band. — Return  to  Camp  near  Falmouth. — List  of  Killed, 
Wounded  and  Missing. — Lieut. -Col.  Ellis'  Report. 

CHAPTER    VII. — THE  MARCH  FROM    FALMOUTH  TO  GETTYSBURG. 

Practical  Joke  on  Chaplain  Stevens. — Take  up  the  March  to  Gettysburg. 
Company  A  Meets  Old  Friends. — Character  of  the  March. — Cleaning 
Out  a  Sutler. — Meet  a  "Dandy"  Regiment. — The  Men  Hear  of  a 
Change  of  Commanding  General. — Reach  Gettysburg. 

CHAPTER    IX.—  GETTYSBURG. 

Description  of  the  Field.— Accident  to  Major  Coit. — The  Position  of  the 
Regiment  During  the  Engagement. — Capture  and  Occupation  of  the 
Bliss  Buildings. — Captured  and  Burned  by  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. 
A  terrific  Cannonading.  Pickett's  Magnificent  Charge, — Its  Repulse. 
— Major  Hicks  Captures  a  Flag. — A  Day  of  Gallantry  and  Heroism. — 
Caring  for  Wounded  Rebels. — Flags  Captured. — (Dunn  Brown)  Capt. 
Samuel  F.  Fisk's  Opinion  of  the  Regiment  in  Action. — A  Night  of 
Terror. — Honors  Conferred  upon  the  Regiment  by  Col.  Bacheldor. 
—List  of  Killed,  Wounded  and  Missing. — Official  Reports, 

CHAPTER    X. — THE  SUMMER  OF   1863. 

The  Regiment  Leaves  Gettysburg.— The  Enemy  had  Flown.  — A  Colossal 
Blackberry  Party.  —  Dunn  Brown's  Description.  —  Substitutes  and 
Drafted  Men.— Their  Evanescent  Nature.  —  Odd  Characters. — The 
Chaplain  Has  Another  Joke.— Death  of  Line  Officers.  — Band  Con 
certs. 

CHAPTER  XI. — KRISTOW  STATION  AND  MINE  RUN. 

Experience  at  Culpepper.  — Deserters  Shot.— A  Set  of  Guidons  Presented 
to  the  Regiment.— General  Owen's  Compliment.— Promotions.— Major 
Moore.— Quartermaster  Dibble.— Auburn.— The  Engagement  at  Bris- 
tow  Station.— Killed,  Wounded  and  Missing. — Mine  Run.— An  Anxious 
Hour.  —  Lieut.-Colonel  Moore's  Decision.— General  Warren.— Colonel 
Ellis'  Report. 

CHAPTER  XII. — STONY  MOUNTAIN  AND  MORTON'S  FORD. 
The  Regiment  Reach  Stevensburg.— Disorder  in  Camp. —Prompt  Action. 
— Camp  at  Stony  Mountain.— Presence  of  Ladies.— Pierce  Barren. — 
Neat  Appearance  of  Camp.— Morton's  Ford.— The  Regiment  move 
toward  the  Rapidan.— The  Position  of  the  Regiment.— A  Cruel  Order.— 
Conditino  of  the  Commanding  Generals.— Capture  of  Captain  Doten.— 
The  Killed,  Wounded  and  Missing.— Lieut.-Colonel  Moore's  Report.— 
A  New  Commander. — Ladies  Sent  Out  of  Camp. 


CHAPTER    XIII.— THE  WILDERNESS,   A    TANGLE    OK  HATTLES  AND  SKIRMISHES. 

The  Regiment  Cross  the  Rapidan.— The  Grandeur  of  the  View. — The  Old 
Battlefield  of  Chancellorsville. — Laurel  Hill.  —  Battle  of  Spottsylvania. 
—A  Voiceless  Charge. — J.  H.  Stannard's  Account. — Sergeant  Wade's 
Record. — Milford  Station. —  Joseph  Schlitcher's  Experience. —  Toto- 
potomy  Creek. — A  Southern  Mule. — General  Hay  Killed,  Captain 
Fisk  (Dunn  Brown)  Mortally  Wounded. — How  the  Regiment  Missed  its 
Rations.  —  The  Flag. —  Killed,  Wounded  and  Missing. —  Report  of 
Captain  Broatch. — Report  of  Colonel  Ellis. 

CHAPTER    XIV — PETERSBURG  AND   REAM'S  STATION. 

The  Regiment  Shares  Rations  with  the  Colored  Troops.— The  Regiment 
Support  General  Barlow. — Battle  of  the  "Fleeing  Hen." — A  Dress  Par 
ade.— A  Midnight  Call.— A  Hard  March.— Killed,  Wounded  and  Miss 
ing. — Captain  John  C.  Broatch's  Report  Completed. — Colonel  Ellis' 
Report. — Deep  Bottom. — Lieut. -Colonel  Moore's  Report  on  Skirmish  at 
Deep  Bottom.— A  Terrible  Thunder  Storm.— Assistant  Sergeant  Jew- 
ett's  Recollections.  —  Killed,  Wounded  and  Missing. —  Lieut. -Colonel 
Moore's  Report. 

CHAPTER  XV — FROM  HATCHER'S  RUN  TO  THE  END. 

The  Men  have  a  Glimpse  of  the  End. — Sorrow  in  the  Regiment. — A  De 
tail  Ordered  to  New  Haven,  Conn.  —  Lieut. -Colonel  Moore's  Report  on 
Number  of  the  Regiment. — Boydton  Plank  Road. — A  New  Chaplain. 
— Inactivity.  — T  he  Men  Live  Underground. — Lieut. -Colonel  Moore 
Ordered  to  Make  a  Demonstration. — Sergeant  Blatchley's  Account. — 
Virginia  Mud.  —  High  Bridge. — Funeral  Services  in  Honor  of  President 
Lincoln. — Richmond  Has  Fallen. — Joy  of  the  Men. —  Homeward 
Bound- -The  Review  at  Washington. — Return  to  Hartford. — Glad  Re 
ception. — Impatient  to  Reach  Home. — Scarcity  of  Money  no  Hinder- 
ance. — Return  to  Hartford. — Discharged. 

Adjutant-General  Summary. 

APPENDIX. 

Organization  of  the  Society  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. — By-Laws. — 
Memorable  Meetings. — -The  Society  Incorporated. —  Monuments  at 
Gettysburg.  — Dedication.— Chaplain  Stevens'  Address. — The  Annual 
Reunion  at  Antietam. — Monument. — Description.  —  Dedication. — J.  W. 
Knowlton's  Address. 

Breveted  Officers, 
Fox's  Statistics  and  Record. 
Adjutant-General's  Summary. 
Official  Roster. 


LIST  OF  PORTRAITS. 

Colonel  Dwight  Morris  (Frontispiece). 
Lieut. -Colonel  Sanford  H.  Perkins,  full  page,    20 

Colonel  Theodore  G.  Ellis,  117 

Lieut. -Colonel  Samuel  A.  Moore,  183 

Chaplain  Emmons  P.  Bond,  297 

Major  John  C.  Broatch,  271 

Major  Cyrus  C.  Clark,  75 

Major  James  B.  Coit,  109 

Quartermaster  Charles  F.  Dibble,  188 

Captain  Fred  S.  Doten,  223 

Assistant  Surgeon  Frederick  A.  Dudley,  245 

Albert  F.  Hall,  372 

Major  William  B.  Hincks,  157 

Sergeant  Benjamin  Hirst,  193 

Assistant    Surgeon    Levi  Jewett,  313 

Q.  M.  S.,  J.  W.  Knowlton,  362 

Charles  Lyman,  372 
John  McCarthy,                                             .       60,  372 

Surgeon  Philo  G.  Rockwell,        .              .  113 

Corporal  Joseph  Pierce,  131 

Assistant    Surgeon    Charles    Tomlinson,  275 

Rebel  Girl,  161 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Page. 

The  Famous  Cornfield  at  Antietam 20 

•Capitol  at  Washington            21 

Bivouac  of  the  Regiment  on  the  Boonsboro  Pike         ....  28 

A  Glimpse  from  Cemetery  Hill  at  Sharpsburg     .....  29 

Dunkard  Chureh     ...........  30 

Bloody  Lane  Since  the  War            ........  32 

Cornfield  and  Mumma  Buildings           .......  33 

Antietam  Creek  Where  the  Regiment  Forded 35 

Wrest  View  of  Roulette  House,  1891 36 

The  Spring  House           ..........  37 

Corner  of  Mumma's  Orchard 38 

Pence  Corner  Extreme  Left  of  Regiment's  Position            ...  39 

Roulette  House,  1862 40 

Another  View  of  "  Bloody  Lane "          .         .         .         .         .         .         .  41 

Roulette  Lane 42 

Where  the  Regiment  Supported  Brooke        ......  43 

Where  General  Richardson  Fell 45 

The  Plowed  Field 46 

A  Section  of  "  Bloody  Lane" 48 

Burnside's  Bridge,  Antietam 57 

Kimball's  Hill,  Antietam        .         .         . 58 

Where  the  Regiment  Forded  the  River 59 

Harper's  Ferry         ...........  63 

A  Street  in  Harper's  Ferry              64 

Jefferson  Rock 66 

Armory,  Harpers's  Ferry       .........  72 

Burnside's  Bridge.  18  u 74 

Where  the  Pontoons  Touched  Fredericksburg 74 

Major  Lacy's  Mansion    .                           78 

Where  the  Regiment  Crossed  the  Rapahannock          ....  80 

Caroline  Street,  Fredericksburg             81 

Church  and  Signal  Tower,  Fredericksburg 82 

The  Old  Depot,  Fredericksburg 83 

The  Causeway,  Fredericksburg 87 

Division  Hospital            ......  94 

Fair  Grounds  Where  the  Regiment  Charged 103 

The  Shore  of  the  Rapahanock       ........  104 

On  Picket  Making  Coffee 106 

•Chancellor  House,  1891 120 


Page. 

Society  of  Fourteenth  Regiment  at  Antietam      .         .  .         .125 

Barn  at  General  Mead's  Headquarters  120 

The  Round  Tops 13  5 

Position  of  Second  Corps  at  Gettysburg        ...  .         .       138 

Mead's  Headquarters,  Tan ey town  Road       .  139 

Portion  of  Field,  Gettysburg 140 

General  Hay's  Headquarters          .......  141 

Marker  at  Bliss  Barn  Site 143 

Knowlton  Marker  at  Bliss  House  Site  ....  .145 

Monument  at  Gettysburg       ...  .  147 

Ground  on  which  Pickett  charged  .         .        14$ 

Headquarters  after  the  Battle         .         .  .....        153 

Spangler's  Spring  ...  ....       259 

Mouth  of  Devil's  Den ....        164 

The  Two  Round  Tops  from  the  West  .         .         .167 

The  Hagerstown  Pike 173 

National  Cemetery,  Antietam        ...  .189 

Morton's  Ford          ....  .  .  209 

Stony  Mountain  from  Stevensburg        .         .  .         .  211 

Brigade  Camp,  Stony  Mountain  .       213 

Stony  Mountain  in  Recent  Years  .         .         .         .         .  .215 

Morton's  Ford  from  the  South        .  .          .         .         .         .         .216 

Buckner  House  from  a  Distance  .         .         .         .         .          .         .218 

A  Nearer  View  of  Buckner  House         .         .  .         .         .         .219 

Headquarters  of  Picket,  Morton's  Ford         .  .       221 

Morton  House  and  Surroundings  .......       222 

A  Scene  of  Much  Coffee  Making  .....  .       232 

Brock  Road  Wilderness,  Va.  .....  .236 

Society  of  Fourteenth  Regiment  at  Gettysburg,  1891  .          .         .       239 

Gettysburg  Monument  .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .258 

Society  of  Fourteenth  Regiment  at  Cemetery  Hill      .  .         .252 

Roulette  House        • 258 

Monument  at  Antietam  .         .         .          •         .         .         .         .          .265 

Orange  Plank  Road,  Wilderness  .       281 

The  White  House  .       359 

Mt.  Yernon      ...  .  360 


PREFACE. 

The  history  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers,  Infan 
try,  should  have  been  written  a  generation  ago.  This  would  have  been 
but  justice  to  the  brave  men  who  have  since  passed  away  who  earnestly 
and  rightfully  desired  to  see  the  record  of  their  gallantry,  sacrifice  and 
heroism  have  a  permanent  form  in  print.  It  was  also  a  patriotic  duty  to 
the  State,  the  service  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  being  one  of  the  illus 
trious  chapters  in  the  military  history  of  the  Commomvealth.  A  history 
written  at  that  time  would  have  been  more  complete  in  detail  and  richer 
in  personal  experience.  As  time  has  gone  on,  memory  has  become  weaker, 
memoranda,  diaries,  and  letters  have  become  scattered  and  irrecoverably 
lost.  It  has  been  my  aim  to  allow  the  men  of  the  regiment  to  tell  the  story 
of  its  service,  and  have  used  my  own  language  to  serve  only  as  a  thread 
upon  which  to  hang  these  jewels  of  memory.  The  responsibility  of  writ 
ing  the  history  was  increased  when  I  found  the  earnestness  and  willing 
ness  to  assist  so  intense  among  the  surviving  members.  To  write  a  his 
tory  that  would  satisfy  the  intelligence  and  enthusiasm  of  such  men  and 
to  do  justice  to  the  character  of  the  regiment  was,  indeed,  no  small  task. 
The  limited  space  of  a  preface  will  not  allow  me  to  enumerate  and  ac 
knowledge  all  those  from  whom  I  have  drawn  to  make  up  this  record. 
The  presence  of  their  names  in  the  following  pages  must  be  taken  as  an 
acknowledgement  of  my  gratitude  and  obligation. 

A  few  of  these  sources  of  information  must,  however,  be  mentioned.  I 
have  been  under  great  obligations  to  the  Committee  of  the  Society  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment  for  their  advice,  assistance  and  interest  in  the 
progress  and  completion  of  the  work.  Mr.  Charles  Lyman,  of  Washington, 
D.  C.,  chairman  of  the  committee,  has  found  time  amid  the  multitudinous 
cares  of  a  busy  life,  to  read  the  chapters  from  time  to  time  as  they  have 
been  prepared,  making  such  suggestions  as  his  wide  experience  and  good 
taste  has  deemed  desirable.  Mr.  Albert  F.  Hall,  of  Meriden,  the  most  active 
man  of  the  committee,  has  been  untiring  in  placing  in  my  hands  all  the 
available  material  for  the  history  that  he  could  command.  His  prompt 
ness  in  all  the  details  has  been  an  incentive  and  an  inspiration  to  faithful 
work,  and  to  him  more  than  to  any  man  of  the  regiment  is  due  the  com 
pletion  of  the  history  at  the  present  time.  Mr.  John  McCarthy,  of  New 
Haven,  the  third  member  of  the  committee,  has  given  valuable  aid  and 
suggestions  as  the  work  has  progressed.  To  Mr.  William  T.  Hincks,  of 
Bridgeport,  son  of  Major  William  B.  Hincks,  I  am  particularly  indebted  for 
the  privilege  of  consulting  and  copying  from  his  father's  diary.  This  rec 
ord  of  Major  Hincks  wTas  characteristic  of  his  intelligence,  and  his  reputa- 


tion  for  accuracy  and  discernment  which  made  it  especially  valuable.  I 
am  also  under  obligations  to  Sergeant  Benj.  Hirst  and  his  brother  John 
Hirst  for  the  use  of  forty-four  letters  contributed  to  the  Rockville  (Conn.,) 
[on rnal  for  many  details  of  experience  on  battlefield  and  march.  Ex-Mayor 
A.  R.  Crittenden,  of  Middletown,  Conn  ,  has  given  many  valuable  narra 
tives  and  we  have  quoted  liberally  from  Sergeant  E.  B.  Tyler's  bright  and 
fascinating  record.  To  Mrs.  C.  H.  Wade,  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  I  am 
indebted  for  the  loan  of  her  husband's,  Sergeant  Wade's,  history  of  the 
regiment  as  published  in  the  Soldier 's  Record.  I  desire  also  to  acknowl 
edge  my  obligations  and  deep  indebtedness  to  Miss  Fayetta  Warren  of 
Watertown,  N.  Y. ,  for  her  assistance  and  aid  in  preparing  and  perfecting  the 
history.  Her  painstaking  care  and  reliable  accuracy  as  stenographer  and 
typewriter  has  done  much  toward  bringing  the  history  to  completeness. 
And  so  this  record  goes  forth  to  take  its  place  among  others  that  have  been 
made  of  the  valient  deeds  of  those  who  went  out  to  uphold  the  principles 
of  union  and  liberty,  in  the  war  between  the  states.  If  the  following  pages 
succeed  in  portraying,  even  feebly,  the  many  acts  of  valor  and  heroism, 
bravery  and  sacrifice  performed  by  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment, 
then  it  may  be  said  that  the  work  has  been  faithfully  done. 

CHARLES  D.  PAGE. 
New  Haven    Connecticut,  July,  1906. 


HISTORY 

OF  THE 

FOURTEENTH    REGIMENT, 

CONNECTICUT  VOL.  INFANTRY. 


CHAPTER  I. 

The  Birth  of  the  Regiment. 

To  intelligently  understand  the  beginnings  of  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers.  Infantry,  it  may  be  well  to 
glance  at  the  condition  of  the  Union  cause  at  the  front  and  the 
spirit  and  temper  of  the  loyal  people  of  the  Xorth,  just  previous 
to  its  formation. 

During  the  early  spring  months  of  1862.  the  Union  forces  were 
successful  upon  all  the  lines  of  their  advance.  From  the  West 
to  the  Atlantic  and  from  the  Potomac  to  the  Gulf,  the  tide  of 
Confederate  progress  had  been  checked  and  turned  back. 

General  Thomas  and  Colonel  Garfielcl  had  won  victories  in 
Kentucky,  at  Prestonburg  and  Mill  Spring,  General  Grant  and 
Commodore  Foote  had  captured  Fort  Henry  on  the  Tennessee 
River  and  with  I  Hill  had  reduced  Fort  Donelson  on  the  Cumber 
land.  General  IHirnside  had  forced  Xew  P>erne  to  surrender, 
Furragut  had  passed  the  forts  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi, 
had  victoriously  entered  Xew  (  Means  where  the  Union  ;]ag  had 
again  been  planted  and  was  triumphantly  Moating  from  many 
a  stall"  and  public  building. 

The  Union  loving  people  were  not  oblivious  to  the  onward  pro- 
gress  of  the  army,  and  there  was  a  wide-spread  feeling  that  the 
end  of  the  conflict  was  at  hand.  This  feeling  was  further 
strengthened  by  an  order  from  the  War  Department  April  3d.. 
1862,  discontinuing  enlistments  in  all  the  states.  April  roth. 
President  Lincoln,  from  his  great  heart,  looking  through  the  dark 
cloud  then  enveloping  his  own  home  by  the  death  of  his  boy, 
(13) 


1 4  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

called  upon  the  people  to  observe  a  season  of  thanksgiving  ''for 
the  glorious  successes  of  our  armies  at  the  front." 

The  action  of  the  government  and  the  wide-spread  belief  that 
the  armies  then  in  the  field  were  sufficient  to  meet  any  emergency 
quickened  business  and  revived  industry.  Those  who  had  nocked 
to  the  recruiting  offices  to  offer  themselves  to  the  service  of  the 
country,  returned  to  their  homes  and  found  employment  in  their 
various  occupations,  and  took  their  places  in  the  peaceful  on 
goings  of  society. 

The  call  of  the  President  in  1861  for  five  hundred  thousand 
men  had  been  filled,  and  the  last  of  Connecticut's  quota  (13.037), 
the  Thirteenth  Regiment  had  left  Xew  Haven  March  i/th.,  and 
were  doing  duty  at  Ship  Island. 

These  were  the  conditions  when  May  2ist  the  War  Depart 
ment  signified  its  willingness  to  accept  from  Connecticut  one 
regiment  as  its  part  to  form  a  contingent  of  fifty  thousand  men 
for  a  "Camp  of  Instruction"  at  Annapolis,  Md. 

The  next  day.  May  22,  the  governor  directed  that  "volun 
teers  be  received  sufficient  to  form  one  regiment  to  be  known  as 
the  Fourteenth  Regiment  of  Infantry,  to  serve  three  years  or 
during  the  war  unless  sooner  discharged.  The  plan  of  the  regi 
ment  to  be  the  same  as  those  already  in  the  field." 

The  regiment  was  ordered  to  rendezvous  at  Hartford.  The 
camp  was  located  on  the  Xew  Haven  turnpike  about  two  miles 
from  Hartford  and  \vas  called  Camp  Foote  in  honor  of  Commo 
dore  Foote,  who  had  wron  merited  popularity  and  esteem  in  his 
native  state  for  his  gallant  conduct  at  Forts  Henry  and  Donelson. 

May  22d  Dwight  Morris  was  appointed  as  Colonel.  Colonel 
Morris  of  Bridgeport  was  well  known  throughout  the  state.  He 
was  born  in  Litchfield  in  1817,  and  was  therefore  forty-five  years 
of  age.  Colonel  Morris  had  graduated  from  L  nion  College  in 
1832,  and  \vas  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Connecticut 
for  six  years  from  1845,  anc^  again  in  1880.  He  had  been  a 
practicing  lawyer  in  Bridgeport  for  several  years,  being  Judge  of 
Probate  for  the  District  of  Bridgeport  in  1851.  After  the  war, 
Colonel  Morris  was  appointed  United  States  Consul  to  France 
from  1866  to  1869,  and  was  Secretary  of  the  State  of  Connecticut 


The  Birth  of  the  Regiment.  1  5 

in  1876.  He  died  suddenly  at  his  home  in  Bridgeport  September 
2f>th,  1895. 

It  was  to  he  a  regiment  from  the  state  at  large. 
.Mainly  for  reasons  we  have  mentioned,  enlistments  were  slow 
and  unsatisfactory.  The  feeling  that  the  army  was  large  enough 
to  meet  any  emergency  had  permeated  the  minds  of  the  people. 
Then  again  it  may  be  supposed  that  the  prospect  of  spending  an 
indefinite  period  in  a  "Camp  of  Instruction"  was  not  alluring  to 
a  true  soldier,  certainly  not  to  that  class  of  men  that  finally  made 
up  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. 

Xo  one  at  that  time  would  have  ventured  the  prophecy  that 
this  very  regiment,  conceived  for  the  dull  duties  of  a  "Camp  of 
Instruction,"  was  destined  to  play  an  important  part  in  some  of 
the  most  sanguinary  battles  of  modern  times,  and  do  valiant  ser 
vice  in  some  of  the  pivotal  actions  of  the  great  conflict. 

Assistant  Surgeon  Dr.  Levi  Jewett  in  his  diary  estimates  there 
were  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  men  enlisted  when  he  joined 
the  regiment,  July  I4th.  This  was  nearly  two  months  after  the 
call  had  been  made  for  volunteers. 

Suddenly  all  these  conditions  changed.  Reverse  followed  re 
verse  with  the  Union  army,  and  the  tide  of  rebellion  swept  west 
ward  and  northward  until  the  loyal  people  of  the  North  wrere  de 
pressed  and  alarmed. 

( iovernor  Buckingham  joined  with  the  governors  of  all  of  the 
loyal  states  requesting  the  President  to  "call  out  a  sufficient 
number  of  men  to  garrison  the  cities  and  military  posts  that  have 
been  captured  by  our  armies  and  to  speedily  put  down  the  re 
bellion  that  now  exists  in  several  Southern  states." 

President  Lincoln  therefore  issued  an  order  for  the  enlisting 
of  three  hundred  thousand  more  men.  Connecticut's  quota  in 
this  call  was  7.145. 

July  ist  Governor  Buckingham  issued  a  call  for  this  number 
of  men  to  form  six  more  regiments.  Immediately  following  the 
call  the  Governor  issued  an  impassioned  address  and  appeal  for 
volunteers  ;  a  single  sentence  of  this  address  will  serve  to  show 
its  character  and  earnestness. 

He    says : — "Close    your    manufactories    and    workshops,    turn 


1  6  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

aside  from  your  farms  and  your  business,  leave  for  awhile  your 
families  and  your  homes,  meet  face  to  face  the  enemies  of  your 
liberties !" 

Meetings  to  promote  enlistments  were  held  in  nearly  all  of  the 
cities  and  larger  towns  of  the  state.  These  meetings  were  ad 
dressed  by  some  of  the  best  known  men,  and  were  characterized 
by  the  most  intense  patriotic  enthusiasm  and  fervor.  The  effect 
of  the  Governor's  appeal  and  the  influence  of  these  meetings  were 
electrical.  From  one  end  of  the  state  to  the  other,  the  stirring 
scenes  of  April,  i8ni,  were  reenacted.  Young  men  flocked  to 
the  recruiting  offices  eager  and  earnest  to  enlist  in  the  service  of 
their  country.  The  "lonely  squads"  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment, 
that  had  passed  up  and  down  the  dusty  field  of  "Camp  Foote" 
for  weeks,  felt  the  impulse  of  the  new  enthusiasm  and  every  day 
brought  new  members  to  its  ranks. 

Dr.  Jewett  records  the  first  tangible  addition  toward  the  last 
of  July  when  Captain  Burpee  brought  in  "a  fine  company" 
(Company  D)  from  Yernon.  Soon  followed  Company  B,  Cap 
tain  Gibbons,  from  Middletown,  "who  entered  camp  with  band 
playing  and  flags  flying  and  escorted  by  the  firemen  of  Middle- 
town."  "There  w7as  great  rejoicing,"  says  Dr.  Jewett,  "when  this 
company  came  into  cam])  and  we  formed  a  line  and  gave  them 
three  hearty  cheers." 

Company  followed  company  in  quick  succession  until  the  re 
quisite  number  necessary  to  make  up  the  maximum  strength  of 
the  regiment  was  reached.  By  August  22(1  the  last  man  had  en 
listed  and  the  last  commission  had  been  signed.  Then  came  the 
busy  preparation,  and  the  impatience  to  move  to  the  front. 

The  regiment  numbered  1,015  men  and  were  to  be  armed  with 
Springfield  rifles,  with  the  exception  of  Companies  A  and  B, 
which  were  to  be  equipped  with  Sharp's  rifles. 

That  rigid  military  discipline  was  not  yet  introduced  into  camp 
we  may  judge  from  a  statement  of  Private,  afterwards  Corporal, 
Albert  R.  Crittenden,  of  Company  B,  who  says:— "The  first  I 
recall  after  going  into  'Camp  Foote'  at  Hartford  was  the  dearth 
of  fire  arms.  The  camp  guard  at  our  (the  left)  end  of  camp  had 
onlv  four  old  smooth-bore  muskets,  which  had  once  been  flint 


The  Birth  of  the  Regiment.  1  7 

locks,  but  were  then  without  locks  or  bayonets.  This  serves  to 
show  how  closely  available  arms  had  been  hustled  to  the  front.  Of 
course  guard  duty  under  such  conditions  was  a  trifle  lax,  as  with 
such  equipment  we  could  not  stop  men  from  passing  over  the 
lines  if  we  tried,  so,  as  perhaps  it  will  be  remembered  by  the  boys, 
we  let  them  go.  I  fear  this  was  bad  discipline,  for  when  we 
reached  the  enemy's  country  and  the  boys  suspected  there  was 
something  good  to  eat  outside  the  lines,  we  were  quite  willing  to 
have  our  backs  to  them  when  they  went  and  came.  Some  times 
we  shared  an  extra  bit  of  fresh  pork,  lamb  or  hoe  cake,  as  a  re 
sult  of  our  blindness." 

Touching  the  same  point  Xelson  S.  Bailey  of  Company  B 
says: — "In  cam])  at  Hartford  the  minor  details  that  have  to  do 
with  the  art  of  war  were  of  interest.  We  noticed  particularly 
that  'running  the  guard'  was  made  a  business  as  well  as  a  diver 
sion. — by  others  of  course." 

Xo  Connecticut  regiment  ever  took  to  the  front  a  more  noble 
representation  of  the  best  elements  of  the  state  than  did  the 
Fourteenth.  Many  of  the  men  had  already  become  moving 
forces  in  the  social,  religious,  commercial  and  industrial  activities 
<>f  the  state.  Dr.  Jewett  says  of  them  : — "They  are  voting  men  of 
good  character."  It  was  indeed  a  regiment  from  the  state  at 
large,  a  regiment  of  the  people.  Xo  less  than  eighty-six  towns 
were  represented  upon  the  roster. 

August  23d  the  regiment  was  mustered  into  the  service  of  the 
I'nited  States  by  Colonel  Webb  of  the  regular  army. 

The  following  was  the  representation  of  the  towns  in  the 
make-up  of  the  regiment. 

Company  A,  Captain  James  D.  Merritt.  Bridgeport,  49  men; 
Putnam,  8;  Stratford,  Xorwalk,  6  each;  Yliddletown,  Trumbull, 
4  each:  Killingly,  3;  Hartford,  Brooklyn,  Monroe,  Berlin.  2  each; 
Waterbury,  Madison,  Huntington,  Xewtown,  Litchneld,  Plain- 
neld,  Wilton,  Harrisville,  R.  I.,  Thompson,  Easton,  Sprague, 
Woodstock,  Eairneld,  East  Haddam,  Cornwall,  i  each. 

Company  B>,  Captain  Elijah  W.  Gibbons,  Middletown,  93  men; 
Durham,  6;  Waterbury  2;  Bridgeport,  X^ew  Haven.  X'orwich, 
Yernon,  Haddam,  i  each. 


1 8  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 

Company  C,  Captain  Samuel  XV.  Carpenter,  XX'aterbury,  88 
men;  Bridgeport,  Naugatuck,  3  each;  Middletown,  2;  Xew  Ha 
ven,  Durham,  Thompson,  Milford,  Ellington,  Torrington,  Wood- 
bury,  X'ernon,  East  Windsor,  East  Haddam,  i  each. 

Company  D,  Captain  Thomas  F.  Burpee,  Yernon,  75  men; 
Ellington,  10;  Waterbury,  5;  Coventry,  XX'illington,  4  each;  Mid 
dletown,  2  ;  Bridgeport,  Xew  London,  Tolland,  South  Windsor, 
Bolton,  Rockville,  Mansfield,  Windsor,  Hartford,  Westport,  I 
each. 

Company  E,  Captain  William  H.  Tul)bs,  Xorwich,  21  men; 
Middletown,  18;  Hartford,  15;  Xew  Haven,  f> :  Waterbury, 
Killingly,  4  each;  (iriswold,  Sprague,  3  each;  Windham,  East 
Windsor,  Franklin,  Putnam,  Preston.  Coventry,  X'ernon,  2  each  ; 
Bridgeport,  Xew  Britain,  Lisbon,  Marlbonmgh,  Hampton,  ("ilas- 
tonbury,  Chaplin,  Xorth  Stonington,  Madison,  \Vethersfield, 
Plainfield,  Thom])son,  Meriden,  Xew  London,  i  each. 

Coni])any  F.  Captain  Jarvis  F.  Blinn,  Xew  Britain,  65  men; 
Bloomtield.  15:  Berlin  13:  XX'olcott,  3:  \Vethersfield,  2;  Bridge- 
])ort.  Hartford,  Xorwich.  Xew  Haven,  Xew  London,  Barkham- 
sted,  X'ernon,  i  each. 

Company  (-,  Captain  Samuel  F.  Willard,  Madison,  58  men1 
Clinton,  12:  Old  Saybrook,  10;  XX'estbrook,  9;  (iuilford,  5;  KilV 
ing\vortli,  3;  Xew  Haven,  2;  Bridgeport,  Hartford,  Xorwich. 
Xew  London,  Franklin,  Fast  Lyme,  Stratford,  X'ernon,  Haddam. 
i  each. 

Company  H,  Captain  Samuel  H.  Davis.  Xew  London,  56  mer  : 
XX'aterfonl,  21;  East  Lyme,  5:  Xew  Haven.  3:  X'ernon,  XX'ater- 
burv.  2  each  ;  Hartford,  Middletown,  Durham,  XVillimantic,  Ston 
ington,  Islington,  i  each. 

Company  I,  Ca])tain  Isaac  R.  Bronson,  (iuilford,  24  men; 
Xew  Haven,  22;  Hartford,  13;  XX'aterbury,  7:  ^[iddlebnry,  5: 
Coventry,  3;  Xew  London,  Xew  Britain,  Wethersfield,  Farming- 
ton,  Bloomfield.  2  each;  Middletown,  Xorwich,  Xew  Milford, 
Windham,  Avon,  Madison,  Xorwalk,  XX'illington,  X'ernon,  Elling 
ton,  XX'oodbury,  X'augatuck,  X'ew  Fairfield,  i  each. 

Com])any  K,  Ca])tain  Robert  H.  Gillette,  Xorwich,  21  men; 
Hartford,  18;  Chatham,  14;  Somers,  6;  Middletown,  5;  Bridge- 


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port.  Ledyard,  Griswold,  4  each;  \\'aterburv,  Coventry,  3  each; 
Madison,  Stonington,  Preston,  Sprague,  Farmington,  2  each; 
Suffield,  Durham,  \\'inchester,  Woodbridge,  Andover,  Man 
chester,  Stafford,  VVallingford,  Chaplin,  Franklin,  Bolton,  Wind 
sor,  Thompson,  East  Haddam,  Haddam,  i  each. 

\o  member  of  the  regiment  will  forget  those  closing  days  at 
"Cam])  Foote,"  the  hurried  bustle  of  preparation  for  departure, 
the  throngs  of  people  who  came  to  say  farewell  to  father,  brother, 
husband,  son  and  friend. 

August  25th,  the  day  for  the  regiment  to  break  camp  and 
start  for  Washington  arrived.  We  will  let  Dr.  Jewett,  a  partici 
pant,  tell  the  story  of  the  departure.  He  says: — "August  25111. 
we  left  camp  with  bands  playing  and  flags  flying,  marching  to 
the  dock  in  a  column  of  fours.  As  we  moved  the  crowd  increased 
and  when  we  reached  the  corner  of  Main  and  State  Streets,  it 
became  so  dense  that  we  could  hardly  make  progress.  Reaching 
the  dock  six  companies  boarded  the  steamer  'City  of  Hartford' 
arid  four  companies  upon  the  transport  'Dudley  P»uck.' 

When  we  reached  Middletown,  it  seemed  as  if  the  whole  city 
had  turned  out  to  meet  us.  The  dock  and  all  the  space  about  was 
black"  with  people.  Manv  came  to  the  boats  with  baskets  of  fruit 
and  food,  which  were  greatly  appreciated  by  the  'boys'.  At 
Cobalt  a  great  gun  on  the  hill  gave  us  a  roaring  ''God-speed'  and 
there  were  heart}"  greetings  from  a  crowd  of  friends  at  Middle 
Haddam."  Here  Dr.  Jewett  leaves  tis  in  his  memory  of  the  trip 
to  Xew  York. 

Slowly  the  steamer  and  transport  steamed  out  of  the  Connecti 
cut  River  into  the  broader  waters  of  the  Sound.  At  the  right 
lay  the  old  state  dear  to  the  hearts  of  those  on  board,  their  birth 
place,  the  scenes  of  their  ambitions  and  hopes,  and  the  homes  of 
those  they  loved  who  were  left  behind.  Slowly  they  passed  the 
familiar  hilltops,  the  rugged  cliffs,  the  undulating  shore  and  the 
broad  fields  that  floated  back  to  the  western  sky.  So  the  twilight 
drifted  into  the  shadow  and  the  shadow  into  darkness,  and  the 
fair  scene  was  hidden  from  view.  Alas,  how  many  were  never 
permitted  to  look  upon  it  again! 


The  famous  Cornfield  at  Antietam. 

CHAPTER  II. 
From  New  York  to  Antietam. 

\Ye  left  the  regiment  at  the  close  of  the  last  chapter  with  the 
soft  curtain  of  night  gathering  about  it  as  the  heavily  laden  boats 
moved  sluggishly  down  the  Sound.  Thev  arrived  in  Xew  York 
early  the  next  morning,  where  they  were  refreshed  with  a  bounti 
ful  supply  of  food  by  the  Soldiers'  Relief  Committee,  but  did  not 
land,  being  transferred  to  a  large  transport,  the  "'Kill  von  Kull," 
and  steamed  down  the  harbor  past  Staten  Island  to  the  Elizabeth 
River,  and  up  the  river  to  Elizabethport,  where  the  troops  were 
again  transferred  to  cars,  and  after  some  delay  a  long  train  in 
two  sections  steamed  away  toward  Baltimore,  by  way  of  Har- 
risburg  and  York,  Pcnna.  The  night  had  been  long  and  tedious 
and,  although  not  to  be  compared  with  the  later  experiences  of 
the  regiment,  it  must  have  been  to  many  a  slight  foretaste  of  "he 
rigors  of  a  soldier's  life.  The  decks  of  the  steamer  were  several 
degrees  harder,  even,  than  the  ground  of  Cam])  Foote  and  were 
withal  crowded,  dirty  and  hot,  so  that  there  was  very  little  sleep 
or  rest. 

On  the  way  to  Baltimore  the  entire  journey  during  the  daylight 
hours  was  characterized  by  the  same  outbursts  of  patriotic 
enthusiasm  as  that  sent  out  from  the  shores  of  their  own  dear 
Connecticut. 

Private  \Yilliam  B.  Hincks  of  Company  A,  afterwards  Major, 


LT.-COL.  SANFORD  H.  PERKINS. 


From  New  York  to  Antietam.  21 

"Our  progress  was  a  sort  of  triumphal  journey.  Steamers 
sounded  a  salute  with  their  whistles,  flags  were  unfurled  and  bells 
were  rung.  Farmers  waved  their  hands  and  hats  as  a  hurrah 
to  us  as  we  shot  by.  The  day  wore  slowly  away.  We  passed 
through  the  borders  of  Xew  Jersey  and  along  the  mountains  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  road  wound  around  these  mountains  and  we 
often  crossed  deep  ravines  spanned  by  lofty  bridges,  down  whose 
sides  one  would  tremble  to  look." 

At  Easton,  Penna.,  occurred  the  first  casualty  to  the  regiment. 
When  the  train  stopped,  which  was  upon  a  trestle  above  the  street, 
2d  Lieutenant  Frederick  E.  Shalk  of  Company  E  left  the  train 
for  a  moment  and  in  attempting  to  again  step  upon  the  car,  lost 
his  footing  and  fell  some  thirty  feet  to  the  street,  striking  upon 
his  head.  He  was  taken  up  insensible  and  was  left  behind  for 
medical  treatment,  but  recovered  soon  after  and  rejoined  his  regi 
ment,  doing  valiant  service. 

An  occasional  "hot  box"  varied  the  monotony  of  the  journey 
to  Harrisburg.  In  regard  to  the  arrival  there  Corporal  Crittenden 
says: — "We  were  side-tracked  an  hour  or  two  at  Harrisburg, 
Penna.,  by  reason  of  an  order  to  hold  us  as  we  might  be  ordered 
to  Chambersburg.  Lee's  cavalry  were  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley 
and  the  Pennsylvania  border  was  threatened.  Well  that  we  were 
ordered  on  to  Washington  or  we  might  have  been  gobbled  up  at 
Chambersburg  and  our  history  been  entirely  different." 

During  the  tarry  at  Baltimore  the  regiment  passed  under  view 
of  General  Wool,  who  said  to  Colonel  Morris: — "  A  splendid  regi 
ment,  not  one  drunken  man  in  the  ranks  :  too  good  a  regiment  to 
be  sent  anywhere  but  to  the  front!" 

We  cannot  do  better  than  to  allow  Major  Hincks  to  further 
tell  the  story  of  the  journey.  He  says: — "We  passed  through 
Harrisburg,  a  fine  old  Quaker  town,  and  in  time  reached  Balti 
more.  We  marched  across  the  city  to  the  Washington  depot. 
Call  Baltimore  a  secession  place  if  you  will,  but  we  were  treated 
better  here  than  in  any  other  place  on  our  route.  When  we 
halted  before  entering  the  city,  ladies  ran  out  with  pails  of  water, 
bread  and  butter  and  melons  for  the  soldiers.  We  marched  into 
a  Soldiers'  Relief  Building,  provided  not  by  the  government, 


22 


Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


but  by  the  citizens  of  Baltimore,  where  long  tables  were  spread 
for  the  regiment  and  all  sat  down  to  as  much  good  bread  and 
cheese,  ham  and  coffee  or  ice  water  as  we  could  take  care  of. 

At  about  nine  o'clock  Thursday  evening  we  started  for  Wash 
ington  in  an  old  cattle  train,  about  forty  men  in  a  car.  \Ye 
arrived  in  Washington  about  four  o'clock  in  the  morning  and 
marched  directly  to  the  barracks.  These  barracks  were  very 
large  and  capable  of  accommodating  one  or  more  regiments. 
About  eleven  o'clock  the  next  day  we  were  formed  into  columns 
and  with  our  ponderous  knapsacks  upon  our  backs  passed  up  Penn 
sylvania  Avenue  to  the  Long  Bridge  over  the  Potomac.  Here  a 
long  halt  was  made  to  allow  a  train  of  mules  to  pass.  We 
crossed  over  the  bridge  and  found  ourselves  upon  the  'sacred 
soil'  of  Virginia,  and  very  nasty  soil  it  is  ;  thick  yellow  dust  lax- 
three  inches  deep  and  we  were  surrounded  by  a  dense  cloud  of  it. 
Roads  run  through  deep  defiles  overhung  by  forts.  \Ye  came 


.,^1111 

ill '; '-,  • 


The  Capitol,  which  was  in  process  of  rebuilding  when  the  Fourteenth  Regiment 
passed  through  Washington. 


From  New  York  to  Antietam.  23 

upon  a  little  spring  and  at  least  five  hundred  of  our  men  attempted 
to  reach  it  all  at  once  and  there  was  general  confusion." 

Dr.  Jewett,  in  his  memories,  says: — "Daylight  soon  appeared 
and  the  great  dome  of  the  capitol  became  visible.  I  walked  out 
to  the  foot  of  Capitol  Hill  and  found  everything  in  confusion, 
the  building  was  not  completed  and  the  ground  was  covered  with 
huge  blocks  of  stone  and  marble,  stone  cutters'  sheds  and  tools, 
derricks,  mortar  beds,  etc." 

Touching  the  passage  through  Washington,  Corporal  Crittenden 
recalls  the  following: — "As  we  passed  through  Washington,  I 
recall  the  reviewing  stand  where  President  Lincoln,  General 
Scott.  Secretary  Stanton  and  other  dignitaries  stood  while  we 
passed  in  review.  Our  staff-officers  and  captains  entered  the  re 
viewing  stand  and  were  in  turn  introduced  to  the  President  and 
his  staff  of  officials.  When  the  head  of  1>  Company,  the  left 
of  the  regiment,  reached  the  stand,  President  Lincoln  was  so 
busy  we  felt  we  were  not  to  be  noticed,  so  with  one  accord,  \ve 
struck  up  loudly  singing  'We  are  coming.  Father  Abraham,  three 
hundred  thousand  more/  At  once  he  faced  us,  straightened  up 
his  tall  form,  doffed  his  high  silk  hat  and  bowed  and  bowed  until 
we  were  by.  President  Lincoln  said  of  our  regiment  that  we 
were  the  finest  looking  body  of  men  that  had  passed  through 
Washington.  As  we  had  the  honor  of  being  the  first  regiment 
of  the  second  call  for  three  hundred  thousand  men  to  pass  through 
Washington,  it  is  easv  to  conclude  this  was  his  mental  reservation 
which  made  his  statement  a  fact." 

That  night  the  regiment  rested  near  Arlington  Heights,  calling 
it  Cam])  Chase,  and  there  was  fond  hope  that  a  few  days  rest 
would  be  had.  The  journey  from  Connecticut  had  been  hard  and 
fatiguing.  It  was  already  three  days  since  the  regiment  left 
Camp  Foote  and  owing  to  wretched  transportation  arrangements, 
delays  had  been  long  and  tedious,  with  little  or  no  opportunity 
for  sleep.  Samuel  Fisk  ("Dunn  lirowne")  sums  up  the  journey 
in  the  following  words  to  the  Springfield  Republican: — 

"Our  boys  011  their  way  to  the  field  slept  on  the  dirty  'leeks  of 
a  steamer,  lying  together  as  thick  as  rows  of  pins  on  a  paper  ; 
were  packed  in  dirty,  close  cars  like  sheep  in  a  pen  :  and  marched 


24  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

through  dust  so  thick  and  fine  that,  mixed  in  proper  proportions 
with  perspiration  caused  by  the  intense  heat,  it  formed  a  good 
plaster  cast  of  every  man's  face  and  form.  Water  is  often  too 
precious  to  use  for  ablutions  ;  linen  gets  dirty ;  washerwomen  are 
scarce ;  clothing  of  every  kind  grows  ragged  and  on  the  whole 
dirt  steadily  and  surely  prevails  till  a  regiment  of  veterans  ap 
pears  to  the  uninitiated  like  a  regiment  of  ragamuffins.  Even 
our  short  experience  also  shows  that  a  soldier's  is  a  pretty  thirsty 
and  hungry  life.  For  three  day  together,  during  this  our  first 
week,  we  had  nothing  to  eat  but  a  few  hard  crackers,  and 
once  a  morsel  of  cheese,  and  once  a  slice  of  ham,  apiece,  served 
around  ;  and  for  one  night  and  part  of  a  day  we  had  no  water." 

The  fond  hope  that  a  few  days  if  not  weeks  would  be  allowed 
the  regiment  for  rest  and  recuperation  ;  that  much  needed  sleep 
would  be  obtained  and  rations  be  more  plenty  and  steady  ;  and 
that  even  if  lying  upon  the  ground  there  would  be  room  to 
stretch  the  legs  without  being  entangled  with  those  of  a  comrade, 
were  not  realized.  Withal  we  may  imagine  the  men  felt  the 
necessity  of  instruction  and  discipline  in  the  use  of  arms.  The 
boxes  of  rifles  that  had  come  into  Camp  Foote  were  yet  unopened. 
Before  the  morning  light  of  August  29th  had  dawned  upon 
Camp  Chase,  the  long  roll  was  sounded  and  the  men  sprung  from 
their  sleep  to  meet  an  impending  danger  which  the  call  indicated. 
The  boxes  were  hastily  opened  and  the  arms  distributed,  with  the 
exception  of  A  and  B  Companies,  which  had  received  their 
Sharp's  rifles  as  they  came  off  Long  Bridge.  After  making 
coffee  the  regiment  moved  off  in  light  marching  order,  leaving 
baggage  behind  and  taking  only  their  rubber  blankets,  toward 
Fort  Ethan  Allen  near  Chain  Bridge,  about  ten  miles  above 
Washington.  The  threatened  danger  proved  a  false  alarm. 
Nearer  and  nearer  the  regiment  was  approaching  the  great  army 
and  the  real  activities  of  war. 

Nelson  S.  Bailey  of  Company  B  writes : — "No  impressions  of 
moment  came  to  me  during  our  journey  to  Washington,  but  when 
we  had  crossed  the  Potomac  by  way  of  Long  Bridge  and  landed 
with  both  feet  on  Virginia  soil,  I  remember  clearly  my  impres 
sions  We  were  in  the  enemv's  front  vard  and  he  was  there 


From  New  York  to  Antietam.  25 

with  his  lawn-mowers.  I  recollect  the  bivouac  at  South  Mount 
ain.  The  lifeless  bodies  there  told  us  the  tale  that  we  were 
marching  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  death  as  they  had  marched. 
The  enemy  was  not  far  ahead,  for  two  days  afterward  we  caught 
up  with  them  and  they  'caught  on'  to  us  by  passing  our  way 
shells  for  which  we  had  no  present  or  prospective  use." 

Sunday,  September  7th,  the  regiment,  with  the  One  Hundred 
and  Thirtieth  Pennsylvania  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighth 
Xew  ,York  Volunteers,  two  new  regiments,  were  as 
signed  to  form  the  Second  Brigade  of  the  Third  Division, 
Second  Army  Corps  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Colonel 
Dwight  Morris  was  placed  in  command  of  the  brigade  and  Lieu 
tenant-Colonel  S.  H.  Perkins  assumed  command  of  the  regiment. 
The  destinies  and  fortunes  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  were  now 
linked  with  those  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins  had  perhaps  by  instinct  and  some 
training  a  larger  share  of  military  spirit  than  the  average  of  the 
commissioned  officers  who  left  the  state  in  1862.  Originally 
entering  the  service  as  a  captain  in  the  Fourth  Connecticut  Volun 
teers,  he  became  one  of  the  most  efficient  officers  in  that  organi 
zation  when  connected  with  the  First  Connecticut  Artillery. 
''Upon  the  organization  of  the  Fourteenth,  Governor  Bucking 
ham  promoted  him  to  the  majority  thereof  and  speedily  there 
after  to  be  Lieutenant-Colonel.  In  this  capacity  he  left  the  state 
and  (Colonel  Morris  having  been  assigned  to  a  brigade)  it  was 
mainly  due  to  his  persistent  zeal  in  drilling  the  men  and  instruct 
ing  the  offices,  that  when  the  green  regiment  was  hurled  into 
the  battle  of  Antietam,  within  three  weeks  of  muster  in,  that  it 
there  won  for  itself  such  honorable  record.  All  the  fall  and 
early  winter  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  continued  his  earnest  labors, 
until  the  second  great  battle,  at  Fredericksburg ;  where  he  fell 
very  badly  wounded  in  the  neck  and  shoulder.  Borne  off  the 
field  under  a  heavy  fire,  the  regret  was  deep  and  general  when 
his  wounds  forced  his  resignation.  Later  in  the  war  he  served 
as  one  of  the  State  Allotment  Commissioners,  and  from  1865  had 
been  in  mercantile  pursuits  until  early  in  1873,  when  insanity 
followed  a  series  of  epileptic  fits  and  he  was  removed  to  the  state 


26  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.  V.   Infantry. 

insane  asylum  where  he  died.  His  remains  were  buried  in  Xew 
Britain  with  military  honors,  December  I2th,  1874,  the  bearers 
being  officers  of  his  old  regiment.  By  a  singular  coincidence 
two  of  those  who  bore  his  dead  body  to  the  grave,  were  two  of 
five  who  just  twelve  years  before  bore  his  living  body  from  out 
the  smoke  and  flame  of  Fredericksburg." 

With  the  usual  incidents  of  camp  life,  the  regiment  remained 
near  Fort  Ethan  Allen  until  Sunday,  September  7th,  when  it  was 
ordered  to  be  in  readiness  to  move  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
in  pursuit  of  Lee.  An  exception  to  this  routine  was  the  acci 
dental  shooting  of  Private  Thomas  P.  Allen  of  Company  B  in 
the  wrist,  which  disabled  him  for  further  service.  The  picket 
line  of  the  regiment  had  overrun  the  picket  line  of  the  old  regi 
ments  near  them  and  through  some  error  a  few  shots  were  fired, 
with  this  result. 

Under  date  of  September  8th,  Major  Hinks  writes: — "\Yoods 
near  Rockville,  Md.  \Ye  are  in  a  magnificent  oak  grove  and  a 
better  spot  for  a  camp  could  hardly  be  imagined.  In  these 
same  woods  two  or  three  other  regiments  which  compose  our 
brigade  are  bivouacked.  \Yithin  bugle  call  there  may  perhaps 
be  50  or  100,000  men." 

Just  as  the  regiment  turned  into  company  streets  at  the  Rock 
ville  camp,  James  McVay  of  Company  K,  an  old  man,  died  of 
exhaustion  incident  of  the  days  march.  lie  had  two  sons  i:i  the 
same  company,  who  wailed  bitterly,  touching  the  hearts  of  all 
who  beheld  their  grief.  Moth  of  the  sons,  however,  went  through 
the  service  and  were  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  in  1865. 

Day  after  day  the  regiment  marched  side  by  side  with  the  Irish 
Brigade  and  well  do  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  remember  how 
the}"  were  jeered  and  guyed  by  the  Irish  Brigade,  who  "called 
them  blue-legged  devils  and  assured  them  they  could  not  be  seen 
for  the  dust  they  would  kick  up  getting  away  from  Mobbie  Lee 
when  he  once  got  after  them."  It  may  be  recalled,  however, 
that  after  the  Fourteenth  had  been  for  nearly  two  hours  in  the 
thick  of  the  battle  of  Antietam  and  had  watched  the  Irish  Brigade 
make  their  charge  on  the  Sunken  Road,  saw  them  slaughtered 
and  repulsed  ;  and  the  Fourteenth  went  over  to  support  that  part 


From  New  York  to  Antietam.  27 

of  the  line,  then  their  tune  changed  and  ever  after  that  they 
recognized  the  Fourteenth  as  fighting  men  and  were  never  hap 
pier  than  when  they  were  alongside  of  them  in  battle,  confident 
that  the  Fourteenth  would  hold  its  part  of  the  line  secure. 

Four  days  marching  brought  the  regiment  to  Clarksburg,  Md. 
The  following  day,  September  i2th,  they  arrived  at  Hyattstown 
and  encamped  at  White  Oak  Spring  upon  ground  occupied  by 
the  Confederates  two  days  previous.  Step  by  step  they  saw  the 
desolation  and  waste  of  war-ruined  homes,  dismantled  gun-car 
riages,  piles  of  muskets  and  the  putrefying  bodies  of  horses  and 
mules.  Saturday,  the  I3th,  the  march  was  continued  toward 
Frederick  City.  The  boys  were  in  the  best  of  spirits  and  sang 
with  a  will  "John  Brown's  Body"  etc.  The  men  were  well  re 
ceived  and  as  they  passed  up  the  main  street  were  greeted  with 
loyal  cheers.  As  they  passed  an  old  engine-house  in  which  were 
a  number  of  Confederate  prisoners,  one  called  out  "What  regi 
ment  is  that?"  "The  i_j.th  Wooden  Xutmeg"  was  the  reply,  to 
which  the  audacious  prisoner  answered  "You  will  soon  get  your 
heads  grated." 

The  regiment  then  marched  about  two  miles  beyond  the  town 
and  bivouacked  in  a  field  near  the  reservoir.  The  next  morning, 
Sunday,  the  regiment  was  called  at  two  o'clock  and  drew  three 
days  rations  of  hardtack,  pork,  sugar  and  coffee,  and  lav  down 
again.  At  eight  o'clock  the  regiment  was  again  called  and  be 
gan  the  march  toward  Antietam,  crossing  a  stream  and  march 
ing  until  two  o'clock,  with  two  short  halts,  and  crossing  a  range 
of  the  Hlue  Ridge  Mountains.  Here  a  halt  was  made  in  a  field 
and  coffee  cooked  and  about  five  o'clock  it  moved  off  again,  it  is 
presumed,  to  take  part  in  the  battle  of  South  Mountain.  They 
were  prevented  from  doing  this  bv  difficulty  in  crossing  a  canal 
which  delayed  the  regiment  several  hours.  At  twelve  o'clock 
they  were  able  to  pass  the  canal  and  marched  to  the  battle-field  of 
South  A  fountain,  which  that  da}-  had  been  the  scene  of  a  bloody 
contest  between  McClellan  and  Lee.  Here  the  men  saw  for  the 
first  time  the  dire  effects  of  war.  Sergeant  Benjamin  Hirst, 
under  date  of  September  I5th,  says: — "I  awoke  about  five  o'clock 
on  the  battle-field  of  vesterdav  and  went  out  to  see  what  war 


28  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

was  without  romance.  I  cannot  describe  my  feelings,  but  I  hope 
to  God  never  to  see  the  like  again." 

About  ten  o'clock  the  march  was  resumed,  crossing  the  moun 
tain  at  'Turners  Gap",  proceeding  to  P>oonsboro,  which  place 
was  reached  about  three  o'clock.  The  column  turned  east,  fac 
ing  Sharpsburg.  The  enemy  was  close  at  hand. 

The  march  was  continued  through  Keedysville,  which  was 
passed  about  nine  o'clock.  On  the  line  of  march  acres  of  soldiers 
were  camped  upon  each  side  of  the  road.  The  scene  was  at 
once  weird  and  impressive.  Hundreds  of  camp-fires  were  blaz 
ing  as  far  as  the  eye  could  reach.  Some  of  the  men  were  cook 
ing,  some  stretched  upon  the  ground  chatting  cheerfully,  while 
others  were  enjoying  a  few  hours  sleep  that  the  rest  afforded. 
About  a  mile  beyond  Keedysville  the  column  of  which  our  regi 
ment  was  a  part  bivouacked  in  a  field  on  the  Hoonsboro  pike,  a 
short  distance  in  the  rear  of  McClellan's  headquarters. 

The  next  day  was  passed  upon  these  grounds,  an  occasional 
shell  from  the  enemy  breaking  the  monotony  of  the  hours.  There 
we  must  leave  them  to  await  the  experience  and  horrors  of  the 
coming1  (lav. 


..  _          ^jj _:..____  •.';.._; 

Bivouac  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  by  the  Boonsboro  pike,  September  15-17,  1862. 
McClellan's  headquarters  in  center. 


CHAPTER  III. 

The   Battle   of  Antietam. 

Wednesday,  September  i/th,  1862,  the  day  of  the  battle  of 
Antietam,  called  by  the  Confederates  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg. 
was  in  many  respects  the  most  memorable  in  the  history  of  the 
regiment.  Plunged  within  three  weeks  after  leaving  the  peaceful 
scenes  and  avocations  of  their  home  state  into  one  of  the  most 
tiercel}'  fought  and  blood v  battles  of  the  war,  with  scant  military 
drill  and  instruction  in  the  use  of  arms  ;  linked  in  a  brigade  with 
two  other  regiments  equally  deficient  in  discipline:  with  a 
frightful  loss  of  men  in  killed  and  wounded,  leaves  in  the  minds 
of  those  who  participated  in  it  memories  that  cannot  be  effaced. 


A  glimpse  from  "Cemetery  Hi 


If  there  was  ever  an  ideal  place  on  this  fair  earth  where  men 
should  meet  each  other  in  battle  that  place  may  be  said  to  be  the 
environs  of  Antietam  Creek.  Standing  for  a  moment  on  this 
eminence  just  east  and  outside  the  quaint  village  of  Sharpsburg,. 

(29) 


30 


Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 


we  may  gain  an  intelligent  idea  of  the  surrounding  teiritory. 
The  view  from  this  point  is  at  once  enchanting  and  grand.  On 
the  north  and  east  we  see  the  South  Mountain  range  of  the 
Alleghanies,  their  rugged  contour  broken  by  several  circuitous 
passes  or  gaps.  On  the  west  a  hill  rises  gracefully  to  a  crest  and 
slopes  back  by  easy  stages  to  the  Potomac,  which  is  not  in  sight. 
Looking  then  toward  the  north,  we  see  this  great  amphitheater 
of  nature  with  plateau  several  miles  wide  and  somewhat  longer. 
This  may  be  called  a  plateau  by  forbearance  as  there  is 
scarcely  a  level  acre  in  its  whole  extent,  it  being  covered  bv  low 
billowy  ridges.  X early  through  the  center  of  this  semi  level 


The  Dunkard  Church. 


plain  runs  Antietam  Creek,  the  course  of  which  can  be  noted  by 
a  rank  growth  of  sedge,  waterweeds  and  small  trees  which  mark- 
its  banks.  It  is  a  slow,  sluggish  stream  with  an  utter  disregard 
for  straight  lines,  although  its  general  course  may  be  said  to  be 
from  northeast  to  southwest.  It  is  crossed  by  three  bridges  and 
three  fords.  Running  from  Sharpsburg  in  an  easterly  direction, 
slightly  turning  to  the  north,  is  the  Hoonsboro  pike  and  running 


The  Battle  of  Antietam.  31 

north,  slightly  bearing  to  the  east,  is  the  Hagerstown  pike.  To 
the  northwest  on  the  Hagerstown  pike  stands  the  Dunkerd 
Church,  a  quaint  brick  building  resembling  an  old  fashioned  Xew 
England  school-house,  which,  as  \Yhittier  says: — 

"  Still  sits  the  school-house  by  the  road, 
A  ragged  beggar  sunning." 

Singularly  enough  this  worshipping  place  of  a  non-combative 
sect  was  in  the  very  forefront  of  this  fierce  battle  and  shows  many 
marks  of  the  conflict.  The  valley  is  dotted  here  and  there  by 
prosperous  farm  houses,  surrounded  by  extensive  orchards,  and 
the  barns  and  outbuildings  show  the  thrifty  character  of  the 
people.  Nearly  all  of  the  ground  is  under  cultivation  which  is 
divided  into  irregular  golden  patches  of  ripening  corn  and  the 
dull  htied  fields  of  clover,  with  here  and  there  the  more  somber 
brown  of  plowed  fields.  About  midway,  looking  from  the  north, 
we  see  the  Mumma  buildings  ( later  burned)  and  the  neat  and  tidy 
premises  of  the  Roulette  farm.  Around  these  latter  buildings 
was  the  center  of  the  operations  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. 
About  a  mile  to  the  north  and  east  were  the  Smith  buildings 
which  were  the  Division  Hospital.  Looking  from  the  northeast 
about  two  miles  on  the  distant  hill,  we  see  the  brick  build'ngs  on 
Fry's  farm,  the  headquarters  of  ( leneral  McClellan.  From  this 
high  vantage  ground  McClellan  could  ride  to  and  fro  and  watch 
the  rise  and  fall  of  the  tide  of  battle. 

Skirting  along  the  Hagerstown  pike  on  the  left  hand  side  about 
a  mile  north  of  Sharpsburg  is  a  woods  which  has  a  depth  of  about 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  and  several  hundred  yards  long.  Then  there 
is  a  field  which  runs  at  right  angles  to  the  road  for  about  two 
hundred  yards,  thus  making  an  elbow  in  the  woods.  The  field 
then  turns  to  the  right,  and  runs  along  the  woods  parallel  to  the 
Hagerstown  road  for  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  when  the  wood  again 
turns  square  to  the  left  and  extends  back  about  half  a  mile,  mak 
ing  at  this  point  again  an  elbow  with  the  strip  of  woods  running 
along  the  road  from  the  church.  These  woods  are  interspersed 
with  outcropping  ledges  of  limestone,  making  an  excellent  shield 
for  the  men.  These  were  called  the  "Fast  Woods"  in  distinction 


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Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


from  those  on  the  west  side.  Another  feature  of  this  battle-field 
which  must  be  noted  is  the  Sunken  Road,  since  known  as  "Bloody 
Lane,''  an  outlet  of  the  Alumina  and  Roulette  farms,  there  being 
lanes  from  each  of  these  farms  intersecting  it.  This  road  was 
several  feet  below  the  surrounding-  land  and  extended  a  short 
distance  west  of  the  church  in  a  southerly  direction  from  the 
Hagerstown  turnpike,  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile.  Along  the 
eastern  edge  of  this  Sunken  Road  was  a  low  wall  which  assisted 


Bloodv  Lane  "  since  the  war. 


in  making  it  a  natural  and  formidable  rifle-pit  from  which  the 
Confederates  could  not  be  seen  by  the  Federal  forces  their 
presence  only  being  detected  by  the  puffs  of  smoke  from  their 
murderous  rifle  fire  or  the  tops  of  their  butternut  hats.  So 
fiercely  did  the  battle  rage  in  one  section  of  this  Sunken  Road 
that  for  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  it  was  called  "Bloody  Lane/' 

On  the  right,  bordering  the  crest  of  this  western  hill,  was  the 
Confederate  Army  under  Lee.     Its  right  on  the  l6th.  being  on  a 


The   Battle   of  Antietam. 


33 


sharp  bend  of  the  Creek  to  the  west  below  LUirnside  Bridge,  and 
running-  northwest  about  one-half  mile  east  of  Sharpsburg, 
terminating  a  few  miles  south  of  Mercersburg  on  the  Potomac, 
like  a  gigantic  bow.  with  its  convex  side  toward  the  Union  forces 
on  the  east  and  northeast.  On  the  i/th  we  find  this  line  has 
been  drawn  back,  its  right  several  hundred  yards  south,  passing 
through  the  town  of  Sharpsburg.  then  swinging  to  the  northwest. 
its  left  about  a  mile  from  its  point  of  the  i6th,  with  its  concave 
side  toward  the  I'nion  forces.  Lee's  headquarters  were  in  the 
vicinity  of  Sharpsburg.  All  of  the  divisions  of  the  Army  of 
Xnrthern  Virginia  were  now  in  position  confronting  the  .Federal 
ft  >rccs.  excepting  the  Divisions  of  McLaws  and  Anderson  which 
arrived  verv  early  on  the  morning  of  the  i/th.  and  A.  P.  Hill's 
which  arrived  after  noon  of  that  dav. 


Cornfield  and  Mumma  Building. 


Pee  claimed  that  he  had  less  than  40,000  men.  Colonel  Taylor 
in  his  "Pour  Years  with  General  Pee"  fixes  the  number  at  35,255. 
McClellan  set  the  Confederate  Army  at  much  more  than  this,  but 
he  always  had  oriental  ideas  of  his  enemy's  numbers,  reminding 
one  of  the  somewhat  extravagant  remark  of  Secretary  Stanton 
who  said  that  "If  McClellan  had  a  million  men,  he  would  declare 
his  enemy  had  two  million,  and  sit  down  in  the  mud  and  yell 
till  he  had  three  million." 

The  Federal  force  at  Antietam    was    the    First    Corps  under 


34  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 

General  Burnside,  Second  under  General  F.  V.  Snmner,  Fifth 
under  General  Fitzjohn  Porter,  Sixth  under  General  William 
B.  Franklin  and  Twelfth  under  General  Mansfield.  The  Federal 
troops  which  really  fought  at  the  battle  of  Antietam  were  the 
First,  Second,  Ninth  and  Twelfth  Corps.  This  was  proven  by 
the  report  of  losses,  the  corps  mentioned  lost  over  twenty  per 
cent,  of  their  number,  as  given  by  McClellan,  while  the  Fifth  and 
Sixth  Corps  and  the  Cavalry  division  lost  only  two  per  cent., 
showing  that  they  were  practically  unused. 

One  who  has  participated  in  a  battle  knows  how  much  and  how 
little  can  be  seen,  the  smoke,  the  trees  and  the  varying  formation 
of  the  ground  limit  the  vision  ;  the  deafening  noise  making  orders 
hard  to  be  understood  :  the  ghastly  work  of  shot  and  shell,  the 
shrieking  of  some  of  the  wounded  and  the  calm  fortitude  of 
others ;  the  shrill  whistle  of  shells  and  projectiles,  all  tend  to 
limit  the  knowledge  of  the  ongoings  of  the  battle  outside  of  a  few 
yards  on  either  side.  Orderly  advances  of  bodies  of  troops  can 
be  easily  described  and  easily  imagined,  but  the  larger  the  force, 
the  more  difficult  such  a  description  becomes. 

We  left  the  regiment  Monday  night,  September  I5th,  camped 
in  a  suburb  of  Keedysville  on  the  Boonsboro  turnpike,  after  the 
long  and  tedious  march  from  Fort  Ethan  Allen,  which  they  left 
September  /th.  The  next  day  the  men  rested,  if  rest  is  possible 
under  such  circumstances.  Occasional  shot  and  shell  and  the 
sound  of  cannonading  kept  the  men  in  mind  of  an  approaching 
battle.  General  Sumner  had  ordered  General  French  to  have 
his  division  in  readiness  to  move  at  daybreak.  Army  life  knows 
no  hours.  At  two  o'clock  Wednesday  morning  the  regiment  was 
aroused  to  prepare  for  the  march,  each  man  receiving  ninety-six 
rounds  of  cartridges  and  forty-five  caps.  Before  the  mellowing 
dawn  of  that  September  morning  had  touched  the  surrounding 
hilltops,  the  regiment  was  marching  toward  the  scene  of  the  days 
conflict.  They  crossed  the  Boonsboro  turnpike,  turned  to  the 
right  and  around  the  hill  and  after  marching  about  two  miles 
over  fields  and  through  woods,  and  in  some  instances  fences  were 
pulled  down  that  obstructed  the  column,  the  regiment  forded 
Antietam  Creek  about  eight  o'clock  at  the  third  ford  which  was 


The   Battle   of  Antietam.  35 

deep  and  slippery.  Some  of  the  men  filled  their  canteens  for 
prospective  want  while  prudence  suggested  to  others  to  take  off 
their  shoes  and  stockings.  They  were  on  the  right  of  French's 
division  with  the  i3Oth  Pennsylvania  next  and  the  io8th  New 
York  on  the  left,  marching  that  day  with  the  Third  Brigade 
(Max  Weber's)  in  front,  their  own  Brigade,  the  Second,  under 
Colonel  Morris  next  and  the  First  Brigade,  (General  Kimball.  in 
the  rear. 


S 


M 


\ 


Antietam  Creek  where  the  Fourteenth  forded. 

After  marching  about  two  miles  by  flank  they  entered  the  East 
Woods.  The  order  was  given  to  form  line  of  battle,  shells  were 
bursting  about  them,  tearing  off  huge  branches  of  trees  while 
shot  were  cutting  the  air  with  their  sharp  shriek.  This  order  to 
form  line  of  battle  was  perhaps  the  supreme  moment  of  their 
experience,  as  there  shot  through  the  minds  of  the  men  the 


36 


Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 


A  West  view  of  Roulett's  House  since  the  war. 


thought  of  the  loved  ones  at  home  :  the  terrible  possibilities  of 
the  engagement  made  vivid  by  the  ghastly  scenes  through  which 
they  had  already  passed  at  South  Mountain  :  some  indeed  would 
be  wounded,  some  slain  outright ;  there  must  inevitably  be  suffer 
ing  and  death  ;  and  as  they  looked  at  the  familiar  faces  of  their 
comrades,  they  wondered  who  it  would  be. 

Coming  to  a  fence,  Max  Weber's  Brigade  in  front  passed  over 
first.  As  they  came  in  sight  the  Confederate  batteries  opened  a 
fierce  fire  and  there  was  a  storm  of  shot  and  shell.  The  column 
then  passed  down  a  slight  hill  terminating  in  low  marshy  ground 
between  the  houses  of  Air.  Mumma  and  William  Roulette. 
Company  A  passed  through  a  corner  of  Mr.  Alumina's  orchard 
and  serious  as  was  the  occasion.  Major  Hincks  confesses  that  he 
and  some  of  his  companions  picked  apples  and  ate  them.  The 
same  company  also  felt  the  scorching  breath  of  Alumina's  burn 
ing  buildings.  The  line  was  turned  a  trifle  to  the  right  into  a 
cornfield.  The  spring-house  of  William  Roulette  was  occupied 
by  some  belligerent  sharp-shooters  who  were  captured  by  Com 
pany  P),  after  which  the  company  joined  the  regiment.  At  this 
time  the  ri«-ht  extended  to  a  meadow  and  the  left  covered  the 


The  Battle  of  Antietam.  37 

Roulette  house  and  extended  to  about  the  left  hand  side  of  the 
garden,  passing  by  the  Roulette  buildings  to  a  fence  dividing  the 
meadow  from  the  cornfield.  Climbing  this  fence  they  entered 
the  cornfield  which  was  about  thirty  acres  in  extent  and  belonged 
jointly  to  Mumma  and  Roulette.  The  field  had  a  vigorous 
growth  of  nearly  ripe  corn  and  for  a  time  the  men  were  partially 


The  Spring  House  where  prisoners  were  captured  by  Company  B. 


hidden  from  view  and  suffered  little  from  the  shots  of  the  enemy. 
Max  Weber's  Brigade,  the  front  rank,  reached  the  opposite  fence 
several  yards  ahead  of  the  Second  Brigade  and  their  emergence 
from  the  field  drew  at  once  a  terrific  fire  from  the  enemy,  from 
\\hich  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  suffered  from  over  shooting. 
When  the  Fourteenth  had  passed  through  the  cornfield  and  stood 
on  a  little  ridge  on  the  side  next  the  enemy,  there  burst  upon  them 
a  perfect  tempest  of  musketry.  The  line  of  troops  in  front  had 
passed  well  into  the  open  field.  It  seemed  to  melt  under  the 
enemy's  fire  and  breaking  many  of  the  men  ran  through  the 
ranks  of  the  Fourteenth  toward  the  rear.  Xo  enemy  could  be 
seen,  only  a  thin  cloud  of  smoke  rose  from  what  was  afterwards 


38  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 


>f  Mumma's  Orchard.     Cornfield  position  second  fence  beyond. 


found  to  be  their  rifle-pits.  As  by  one  impulse  the  line  halted 
on  the  edge  of  the  cornfield  and  opened  fire.  Probably  they  did 
then  but  little  damage  as  the  enemy  were  well  protected,  but 
upon  our  side  the  bullets  whistled  past,  cutting  off  the  cornstalks, 
and  even"  moment  some  one  of  the  men  would  fall. 

This  rifle-pit  was  the  Sunken  Road  which  at  this  time  was 
plentifully  filled  with  a  quota  of  Confederate  men  while  the  line 
of  troops  skirted  the  crest  of  the  hill  above  them,  thus  able  to 
fire  over  their  heads. 

The  conduct  of  the  5th  Maryland  affected  the  regiment 
seriously  by  breaking  and  rushing  back  through  the  line.  Colonel 
Perkins  says  in  his  report  that  they  threw  his  right  wing  into 
confusion,  but  although  the  right  and  center  were  broken  twice, 
the  men  rallied  on  the  colors  and  formed  in  good  order. 

Walker  in  his  "Historv  of  the  Second  Army  Corps"  says  on 
this  point: — "The  5th  Maryland,  \vhose  commanding  officer. 
Major  Blumenberg,  was  wounded,  was  thrown  into  disorder, 
carrying  away  temporarily  a  portion  of  the  I4th  Connecticut,  but 
the  line  was  handsomely  rallied  by  Colonel  Perkins.  The 
brigade  was  then  ordered  to  report  to  General  Kimball :  and  first 
the  1 4th  Connecticut  and  afterward  the  i^oth  Pennsylvania 
were  advanced  to  the  front  line,  subsequently  joined  by  the  io8th 
New  York.  All  these  regiments  came  under  a  savage  fire,  which 


The   Battle  of  Antietam.  39 

they   bore   with   remarkable   composure,   considering-   that   it   was 
their  first  action." 

About  a  dozen  of  the  men  mistaking  an  order  from  the  cap 
tain  of  Company  I  to  charge  rushed  forward  into  the  open  field. 
Not  being  followed  by  the  rest  of  the  regiment,  they  fell  back 
with  the  exceptions  of  William  B.  Hincks  and  William  H. 
Hawley  of  Company  A  and  Benjamin  Hirst  of  Company  D,  the 
latter  of  these  seeing  the  enemy  was  about  to  charge  went  back 
to  his  regiment ;  the  other  two  became  so  interested  in  pouring 
shot  into  the,  enemy  that  they  did  not  notice  the  withdrawal  of 
their  regiment,  and  only  came  to  their  senses  when  they  sa\v  a 
regiment  of  Confederates  moving  down  upon  them.  They  beat 


Fence  corner  extreme  left  of  Fourteenth  in  cornfield.     Fence  in  front  and  trees  at 
right  indicate  course  of  sunken  road. 


a  hasty  retreat  while  showers  of  bullets  followed  them.  They 
were  not  able  to  locate  their  regiment  immediately  and  had  a 
thrilling  experience  in  finding  it,  Hawley  not  returning  until 
late  at  night. 

This  fence  at  the  farthest  side  of  the  cornfield  was  the  farthest 
advance  in  that  direction  and  a  monument  has  been  erected  to 
mark  the  line  by  the  State  of  Connecticut.  They  remained  in 
this  field  about  three  hours  according  to  Colonel  Perkin's  report. 
The  regiment  fell  back  to  and  over  the  fence  separating  the 
cornfield  from  the  meadow  where  it  \vas  reformed,  an  ordei 


40  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

being  given  to  support  General  Kimball  of  Richardson's  division. 
The  men  were  then  marched  back  by  the  left  flank  to  the  Roulette 
house,  passed  between  the  house  and  the  spring-house  on  the 
side  of  the  garden,  between  the  barn  and  the  garden,  round 
the  barn  to  the  lane  known  as  the  Roulette  lane,  coming  from 
Bloody  Lane  to  the  Roulette  buildings,  extending  in  the  same 
general  direction  through  the  Roulette  fields  ;  to  a  position  by  a 
wall  of  the  Roulette  lane,  which  Colonel  Morris  was  ordered  to 
take  and  hold  which  he  did  "with  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut- 
alone." 


Roulette  House,  1862. 

Even  in  the  horrors  of  battle,  there  may  be  some  amusing 
incidents.  Corporal  Crittenden  of  Company  B  relates  the  fo1  low 
ing: — "Of  course  we  were  green  and  excited  and  one  of  our 
sergeants  who  was  in  his  place  in  the  rear  of  his  section  could 
not  fire.  He  edged  his  way  through  the  line  and  advanced  a 
pace  to  the  front  and  fired  at  an  angle  of  about  forty-five  degrees 
in  the  air,  dropped  his  piece  to  his  hip,  threw  down  the  slide  and 
shoved  in  a  cartridge,  capped  and  fired  without  lifting  the  rifle 
from  his  hip,  and  again  he  did  the  same.  This  was  too  ludicrous 


The  Battle  of  Antietam. 


41 


to  escape  notice  even  in  battle  and  one  of  the  boys  sang  out  'John  f 
are  you  bombarding  them  ?'  This  called  him  to  himself  and  he 
returned  to  his  place  in  the  line."  Corporal  Crittenden  con 
tinues  : — "After  we  had  been  in  the  thick  of  the  battle  at  An 
tietam  for  about  one  and  one-half  hours,  the  Confederate  fire 
in  front  of  the  left  wing  of  the  regiment  slackened,  and  the  left 
being  on  higher  ground  could  look  beyond  the  center  and  right 
of  the  regiment  to  Ricket's  Battery,  which  was  on  high  ground  a 
little  to  the  right  of  us.  A  line  of  Confederate  skirmishers  were 
seen  creeping  up  toward  the  battery  and  meeting  no  opposition. 
Captain  E.  W.  Gibbons  saw  the  move  and  asked  his  men  if  they 
could  see  any  of  our  troops  supporting  that  battery.  Several 
replied  'no.'  He  said  'they  are  going  to  capture  that  battery/ 
He  stepped  to  the  rear  and  called  the  attention  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Perkins,  T  think,  to  the  situation,  and  returned  with  in 
structions  to  take  some  men  over  to  the  support  of  the  battery, 
which  he  did.  Some  troops  came  from  the  right  of  the  battery 


Another  view  of  ''Bloody  Lane". 


42  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.    V.   Infantry. 

and  they  and  the  Fourteenth  boys  met  at  the  rear  of  the  guns, 
and  the  Confederate  skirmish  line  fell  back  precipitately.  The 
left  wing"  then  moved  back  and  joined  the  regiment  at  rear  of 
Roulette  barn." 

We  quote  from  Chaplain  H.  S.  Stevens'  Souvenir.  "The  tide 
of  battle  was  moving  beyond  Kimball,  Richardson's  division 
coming  in  for  a  heavy  pull.  This  division  had  crossed  the  An- 
tietam  an  hour  later  than  the  Fourteenth  and  by  the  same  ford, 
and  had  at  once  moved  down  the  stream,  its  course  for  a  distance 
restrained  on  the  left  by  the  stream  and  the  rough  ground  along 
it.  \Yhen  the  bend  at  Xeikirk's  was  passed  it  could  extend  to 
the  left  and  all  the  brigades  advanced  up  the  slope  at  rear  and 


Roulette  Lane,  leading  to  the  Sunken  Road 

left  of  Kimball.  the  'Irish  Brigade'  (Aleagher's)  on  the  right. 
Soon  the  latter  brigade  was  heavily  engaged  ( partly  in  support 
of  Kimball),  then  Caldwell,  then  Brooke.  The  regiments  on 
the  extreme  left,  Brooke's  men.  advanced  towards  the  Piper 
house,  fighting  hard  and  successfully,  and  others  that  had  ad 
vanced  beyond  the  line  of  the  crooked  lane  faced  to  the  right 
and  charged  upon  the  enemy  in  the  cornfield  and  orchard  be 
tween  Piper's  and  our  line,  completing  thus  the  capture  or  de- 


The   Battle   of   Antietam.  43 

struction  of  all  its  remaining  occupants.  This  advance  move 
ment  of  Brooke  on  the  far  left  made  it  necessary  that  his  brigade 
should  have  support,  so  Kimhall  was  directed  to  send  him  aid. 
As  he.  naturally  preferred  to  keep  his  own  men,  now  flush  with 
ammunition,  he  detached  his  temporary  reinforcements,  the  1-j.th 
Connecticut  and  io8th  Xew  York,  and  sent  them,  under  com 
mand  of  Colonel  Morris,  to  Brooke." 

While  taking  this  new  position,  the  regiment  moving  from 
the  wall  but  yet  in  the  Roulette  lane,  it  was.  subjected  to  a  terrible 
ordeal  by  the  bursting  of  a  shell  in  Company  D,  killing  three  men 
and  wounding  four.  Those  killed  were  Henry  Tiley,  \Y.  P. 
Ramsdell  and  R.  Griswold.  Joseph  Stafford  and  L.  Griswold 
each  lost  an  arm  and  George  Colburn  and  Henry  Talcott  were 
seriouslv  wounded. 


Where  the  Regiment  supported  Brooke. 

Sergeant  Benjamin  Hirst  mentions  the  following  incident: — 
"While  we  were  lying  in  the  rear  of  the  stone  wall.  Sergeants 
Brigham.  Stoughten  and  myself  were  talking  over  the  events  we 
had  passed  through  in  the  morning,  and  W.  P.  Ramsdell  quietly 
remarked  that  if  he  was  going  to  be  hit.  he  would  prefer  to  have 
the  top  of  his  head  blown  off.  When  midway  between  the  wall 
and  the  position  assigned  to  us,  I  was  about  the  center  of  the 


44  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

company,  urging'  the  boys  to  close  up,  when  a  rebel  shell  came 
whizzing  by  and  struck  about  two  files  in  my  rear.  As  soon  as  I 
could  turn  I  saw  about  a  dozen  men  lying  in  a  heap  and  the  first 
man  I  recognized  was  W.  P.  Ramsdell  with  the  top  of  his  head 
blowni  off." 

A  member  of  the  regiment  visiting  the  battle  ground  at  Antie- 
tam  a  few  years  since  found  the  heel  of  a  shell  on  what  he 
thought  was  the  exact  spot  where  the  shell  burst  which  made 
such  havoc  in  Company  D.  It  does  not  require  much  imagina 
tion  to  conclude  that  it  was  the  same  deadly  missile. 

Although  the  bursting  of  the  shell  was  a  great  shock  to  the 
regiment,  it  closed  up  and  moved  on.  The  movement  was  con 
tinued  to  the  left  beyond  Richardson's  regular  line  to  a  point 
from  ten  to  twenty  rods  beyond  the  fence.  Here  although  not 
within  musket  range  they  were  within  shelling  range  and  some 
were  struck.  One  of  these  shells  passed  through  the  ground 
under  Hiram  H.  Fox  of  Company  P>.  Tt  produced  a  great 
shock,  rendering  him  unconscious  for  several  hours.  Another 
shell  struck  and  killed  William  H.  Norton  of  Company  A.  Here 
a  serious  accident  occurred,  Robert  Hubbard  of  Company  B  wa^ 
shot  by  the  careless  handling  of  a  rifle  by  a  member  of  his  own 
company.  And  also  Thaddeus  Lewis  of  Company  A  came  to 
his  death  in  the  same  way.  The  regiment  was  then  ordered  to 
support  a  battery  at  the  top  of  the  hill.  It  was  while  superin 
tending  the  workings  of  this  battery  that  General  Richardson 
was  mortally  wounded,  a  detail  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment 
carrying  him  from  the  field.  The  regiment  was  then  moved  to 
the  top  of  the  hill  by  orders  of  General  Hancock,  who  had  taken 
Richardson's  place  in  command  of  the  division.  General 
Hancock  says: — "Finding  a  considerable  interval  at  a  dangerous 
point  between  A  leather's  Brigade  and  Caldwell's  Brigade,  the 
Fourteenth  Connecticut  was  placed  here,  and  a  detachment  from 
the  io8th  Xew  York  on  the  extreme  left."  As  soon  as  the 
regiment  reached  the  summit  of  the  hill  they  attracted  the  fire  of 
some  Confederates  who  had  come  out  from  Bloody  Lane  on  to 
this  plowed  field  of  the  Roulette  farm.  To  escape  this  fire,  the 
regiment  was  ordered  to  lie  down  which  it  did,  but  the  enemy 


The   Battle  of  Antietam. 


45 


,0 


Where  General  Richardson  fell. 


having  the  range  harassed  them  until  dark,  principally  with 
shells.  The  ground  had  recently  been  plowed  and  was  covered 
with  a  layer  of  powdery  earth.  They  longed  lor  night  to  come 
and  were  well-nigh  exhausted,  having  had  no  water  through  the 
day  and  only  a  few  hard  crackers.  They  heard  the  distant  firing 
far  to  the  left,  and  expected  any  time  to  be  called  into  further 
action.  Soon  night  came  and  the  firing  ceased.  During  the 
night  there  was  a  severe  rain  which  while  refreshing  did  not  add 
much  to  the  personal  beauty  of  the  men.  Here  they  lav  all  that 
night  and  the  next  day  and  night  and  until  ten  o'clock  Friday 
morning. 

Chaplain  Stevens  says : — "All  that  night  through  and  the 
following  day  and  night  they  heard  the  dreadful  groans  and 
cries  of  the  wounded  and  dying  wretches  in  Bloody  Lane  just 
over  the  hill  calling  for  water  or  help,  or  to  have  taken  off  others 
who.  dead,  were  lying  across  or  upon  their  tortured  and  helpless 
bodies,  or  for  death  to  release  them  from  their  anguish;  but  they 
were  powerless  to  render  the  assistance  their  hearts  longed  to 
give." 

Major  Hincks  gives  some  details  of  the  trying  experience  of 
the  regiment  on  the  plowed  field.  In  a  letter  to  friends  at  home 
he  says: — ""We  had  just  moved  to  the  top  of  the  hill  to  the 
right  of  the  battery  and  had  commenced  to  form  a  line  by  throw 
ing  out  our  guides  as  on  parade,  when  one  of  General  French's 


46  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

aids  ordered  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  to  make  his  men  lie  down  at 
once.  The  action  was  needful  for  the  enemy  had  seen  us  and  at 
once  commenced  shelling  us.  It  was  very  trying1  to  have  to  lie 
inactive  under  fire  and  listen  to  the  hideous  howling  of  the  shell 
varied  only  by  their  crash  in  exploding  and  occasionally  the 
shriek  of  some  one  who  was  struck.  I  lay  closer  to  the  ground 
than  ever  before  in  mv  life,  although  it  was  a  plowed  field  and 
an  exceedingly  dirty  place,  and  I  never  prayed  more  fervently 
for  darkness  than  then.  This  was  by  far  the  most  trying, 
though  by  no  means  the  most  dangerous  part  of  the  day. 


The  plowed  field.     "Bloody  Lane"  in  rear. 


Darkness  at  length  came  down  and  the  enemy's  fire  slackened 
and  then  ceased  altogether  and  the  thunder  of  battle  died  away. 
We  could  once  more  raise  our  heads  and  the  few  of  us  who  were 
fortunate  enough  to  have  any  rations  found  an  opportunity  to 
eat  something.  I  myself  had  a  few  crackers  and  a  bit  of  pork 
which  I  had  taken  from  a  dead  man's  haversack  before  I  had 
found  the  regiment.  Ordinarily  T  should  have  had  some 
scruples  about  partaking  of  such  fare,  but  this  was  no  time  for 
squeamishness.  We  threw-  out  a  fe\v  vedettes  in  front  of  us 


The   Battle   of  Antietam.  47 

and  slept  such  sleep  as  we  could  get  on  the  plowed  ground,  with 
neither  overcoats,  blankets  or  tents.  A  shower  during  the  night 
wet  our  clothing  through. 

Kverv  one  anticipated  that  at  dawn  we  should  renew  the  con 
test,  hut  no  such  order  came.  The  rebel  sharp-shooters  opened 
upon  us  as  soon  as  it  was  davlight  and  our  skirmishers  replied. 
(  )ne  could  not  raise  his  head  from  the  ground  without  being  ob 
served  and  having  a  shot  come  whistling  river.  In  some  cases 
the  rebels,  who  seemed  to  be  posted  in  an  apple  orchard,  climbed 
trees  to  get  a  better  view  of  us,  but  from  there  our  skirmishers, 
who  were  posted  behind  dead  horses,  rails,  rocks,  trunks  of 
trees  or  any  other  available  shelter,  soon  dislodged  them. 
William  Hawlev  joined  us  in  .the  night  to  our  great  joy,  for  we 
had  mourned  for  him  as  dead,  bred  Doten  in  trying  to  clean 
his  gun  accidentally  discharged  it,  to  the  great  indignation  of 
those  who  lay  in  front  of  him  and  did  not  care  to  be  considered 
as  rebels.  The  bullet  went  into  the  ground  near  my  head. 
Upon  our  right  we  connected  with  a  remnant  of  the  Irish 
Brigade  and  a  little  farther  on  was  a  battery  of  brass  guns. 
Upon  the  left  \  do  not  know  what  troops  were  near  us,  if  any. 
I  am  bound  to  say  that  tired,  hungry,  cold  and  dirty  as  we  were, 
we  did  not  personally  have  much  of  the  'On  to  Richmond'  feel 
ing  and  personally  were  not  anxious  to  renew  the  contest,  but 
all  day  we  expected  the  order  and  had  it  come  no  doubt  would 
have  done  our  duty. 

The  next  night  was  about  as  uncomfortable  as  that  which 
preceded  it.  Friday  morning  dawned  and  no  enemy  appeared 
in  our  front.  Our  skirmishers  were  advanced  for  over  half  a 
mile  without  meeting  opposition.  Xow  we  could  stand  upright 
and  look  around  us.  Just  in  front  of  us  and  but  a  very  few 
rods  distant  was  a  rebel  rifle-pit.  Their  dead  bodies  lay  thick 
in  it  and  just  in  front  of  it  lay  the  dead  body  of  one  of  our  men 
apparently  killed  in  the  very  moment  that  he  was  captured. 
About  ten  o'clock  we  were  relieved  and  sent  back  to  the  rear 
where  we  joined  the  other  regiments  of  the  brigade  and  had 
ammunition,  bread  and  pork  issued  to  us.  Thus  ended  our 
actual  share  in  the  battle." 


48 


Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


Samuel  Fisk  ("Dunn  Hrowne")  of  Company  G  writes  to  the 
Springfield  Republican  under  date  of  September  i8th  as 
follows: — "The  battle  itself  was  a  scene  of  indescribable  con 
fusion.  Troops  did  not  know  what  they  were  expected  to  do, 
and  sometimes,  in  the  excitement,  fired  at  their  own  men.  Hut 
in  the  main  for  green  troops  1  think  we  behaved  well ;  the  men 
firing  with  precision  and  deliberation,  though  some  shut  their  eyes 
and  fired  into  the  air.  Old  officers  said  the  musketry  fire  was 


A  section  of  "Bloodv  Lane". 


the  hottest  they  ever  heard.  The  excitement  of  battle  comes  in 
the  day  of  it,  but  the  horrors  of  it  two  or  three  days  after.  I 
have  just  passed  over  a  part  of  the  field,  I  suppose  only  a  small 
part  of  it,  and  yet  I  have  counted  nearly  a  thousand  dead  bodies 
of  rebels  lying  still  unburied  in  groves  and  cornfields,  on  hillsides 
and  in  trenches.  Three  hundred  and  fifty  I  was  told  by  one  who 
helped  bury  them,  were  taken  this  morning  from  one  long  rifle- 
pit  which  lay  just  in  front  of  where  the  Fourteenth  (among 


The   Battle   of  Antietam.  49 

other  regiments)  made  their  fight,  and  were  buried  in  one  trench." 
(This  must  have  been  the  section  of  the  Sunken  Road  known  as 
i.loody  Lane.)  "The  air  grows  terribly  offensive  from  the  tin- 
buried  bodies  ;  and  a  pestilence  will  speedily  be  bred  if  they  are 
not  put  under  ground.  The  most  of  the  Union  soldiers  are  now 
buried,  though  some  of  them  only  slightly.  Think,  now,  of  the 
horrors  of  such  a  scene  as  lies  all  around  us;  for  there  are 
hundreds  of  horses  too.  all  mangled  and  putrefving,  scattered 
everywhere !  Then  there  are  the  broken  gun-carriages  and 
wagons,  and  thousands  of  muskets,  and  all  sorts  of  equipments, 
the  clothing  all  torn  and  bloody,  and  cartridges  and  cannon  shot, 
and  pieces  of  shell,  the  trees  torn  with  shot  and  scarred  with 
bullets,  the  farm  houses  and  barns  knocked  to  pieces  and  burned 
down,  the  crops  trampled  and  wasted,  the  whole  country  forlorn 
and  desolate." 

Thursday  night  Commissary-Sergeant  J.  \Y.  Knowlton  crossed 
the  creek  with  a  light  wagon  load  of  provisions  and  refreshed 
the  men  as  far  as  the  limited  supply  would  admit. 

The  regiment  was  relieved  from  its  tedious  and  uncomfortable 
position  on  the  plowed  ground  by  General  Hancock,  to  whose 
division  they  were  temporarily  attached,  at  ten  o'clock  Friday 
morning,  going  to  the  rear  and  joining  their  own  brigade,  and 
receiving  rations,  and  bivouacked  in  the  East  Woods. 

Thus  ends  the  regiment's  share  in  the  battle  of  Antietam.  It 
had  indeed  been  a  trying  ordeal  and  its  loss  of  men  in  killed  and 
wounded  was  very  great.  The  staff  of  the  United  States  color 
was  shot  in  two  by  a  bullet,  and  the  eagle's  head  knocked  off  by 
a  piece  of  shell.  The  color  bearer.  Sergeant  Thomas  J.  Mills  of 
Xew  London,  who  had  been  a  lieutenant  in  the  1st  C.  H.  A.,  was 
mortally  wounded,  when  Sergeant  George  Augustus  Foote,  of 
( iuilford,  volunteered  to  take  his  place,  and  carried  the  flag  the 
remainder  of  the  day. 

The  report  of  the  Adjutant-General  of  Connecticut  states  the 
loss  in  killed.  2  commissioned  officers,  19  enlisted  men  ;  wounded, 
2  commissioned  officers.  86  enlisted  men  ;  missing.  28  enlisted 
men  :  total  137. 

Acting  Colonel   Perkins   submitted   no   report  of  the   battle   to 


50  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

the  Adjutant-General  of  Connecticut,  but  reported  the  killed, 
wounded  and  missing  as  follows:— 

Company  A.  Killed,  Privates,  Thaddeus  W.  Lewis,  Michael 
Maddegan,  William  H.  Norton ;  wounded,  Corporals,  Edward 
L.  Humiston,  \Yilliam  E.  Craig,  Privates,  Joseph  Alix,  Henry 
E.  1  Bachelor,  Alfred  Brown,  Joel  N.  I  Bradley,  Francis  Curtis, 
Edward  Hill.  Duncan  McCann,  Charles  H.  I  Matt,  Stephen  D. 
Skidmore,  Frederick  'fates,  Edward  A.  \Vilcox,  I;rederick  Tay 
lor;  missing.  Privates,  George  P.  Heck.  Abner  S.  \Vhitcomb, 
Musicians,  George  H.  Allen,  Eucien  YY.  Hubbard. 

Company  15.  Killed,  Private,  Robert  Hubbard;  wounded.  Cor 
porals.  Frederick  R.  Beebe,  David  Maitland,  Privates,  Samuel 
G.  Cam]),  Charles  C.  Galpin,  Joseph  McClusky.  Hugh  Mc- 
Brayne.  Benjamin  C.  \Yilcox:  missing.  Private,  George  Brown. 

Company  C.  Killed,  Corporals,  David  Mix,  Henry  Keeler, 
Privates,  John  H.  Smith,  Michael  Keegan  :  missing.  Private, 
Manfred  M.  Gibbud. 

Company  D.  Killed,  Privates,  Henry  Tiley,  Russell  (iris- 
wold,  William  P.  Ramsdell,  John  Abby ;  wounded.  Privates, 
George  Colburn,  George  \Y.  Corbit,  \\'illiam  H.  Corbit,  Eoren  S. 
Griswold,  August  Gross,  Henry  Hospodsky,  James  Henderson, 
Henry  W.  Orcutt,  George  F.  Sloan,  Jose])h  Stafford,  Henry  Tal- 
cott,  Samuel  E.  Talcott,  Thomas  \Yilkie.  Christopher  \Yaldo, 
Alfred  A.  Taft,  Abner  S.  Bowers.  Ansel  D.  Xewell ;  missing, 
Privates,  Frank  D.  Main,  David  15.  Crombie. 

Company  E.  Wounded,  Sergeant.  Henry  C.  Miller,  Corporal, 
George  Smith,  Private,  Richard  AYest :  missing.  Privates,  Eucien 
B.  Holmes,  William  F.  Eovejoy. 

Com])any  F.  Killed,  Captain,  Jarvis  F,.  P>linn,  Sergeant, 
Frederick  R.  Eno ;  wounded.  Privates,  Henry  Alcott,  Henry 
Beach,  John  E.  Bartholomew,  Martin  D.  Cowles,  Peter  Frazier, 
Victor  Holcomb,  — George  H.  Eewis,  Eliphalet  S.  Packard,  Hiland 
H.  Parker,  I.  Frank  Smith  ;  missing,  Private.  Francis  Kavanagh. 

Company  G.  Killed,  Captain,  Samuel  V.  Willard.  Private. 
John  \Y.  Parks ;  wounded.  Sergeant,  Henry  A.  Pendleton. 
Privates,  George  H.  Done,  Alfred  H.  Dibble,  John  A.  Hurd ; 
missing,  Private,  Horace  Stevens. 


The  Battle  of  Antietam.  5  1 

Company  H.  Wounded,  Sergeants,  John  A.  Tibbits,  Thomas 
J.  Mills.  Privates, — S.  S.  Fox,  John  Miner,  — F.  M.  Ames;  miss 
ing.  Privates,  John  Lunger,  John  (loddard,  Lewis  L.  Latour, 
Christopher  Brown,  Edward  Mitchell. 

Company  I.  Killed,  Corporal,  Richard  L.  Hull,  Privates, 
Edmund  I.  Field,  Raphael  W.  Benton  ;  wounded.  Privates,  Henry 
M.  Rossiter,  John  Ryan,  Valentine  Arendholtz;  missing,  Corporal, 
Elbert  Sperry.  Privates,  Sylvester  J.  Taylor,  Augustus  Flowers, 
Hiram  Couch. 

Company  I\.  Killed,  Privates,  Benjamin  R.  Fuller,  Henry  P. 
Yerrington  :  wounded.  Lieutenants,  James  B.  Coit,  George  H. 
Crosby,  Corporals,  John  R.  Webster,  Edward  Dorcey,  Privates, 
George  \\'.  Uabcock,  H.  H.  Brainard,  Peter  Divine,  Jacob  Dyetch, 
Xelson  Bement,  John  Bayhan,  William  Carroll,  Selden  Fuller, 
John  Harren,  S.  1).  Allyn,  — A.  T.  Simonds  ;  missing.  Corporal, 
X.  P.  Rockwood,  Privates,  Frederick  Chaclwick,  T.  Farrell,  E. 
\\"eeks,  C.  Risley,  E.  Maynarcl,  O.  Kibbe. 

Captain  Jarvis  1C.  Blinn,  of  Company  F,  the  first  officer  to  head 
the  list  of  those  who  were  killed  in  the  service  of  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment,  was  born  at  Rocky  Hill,  Conn.,  July  28th,  1836.  He 
resided  there  until  1853,  when  he  removed  to  Xew  Britain. 
August  8th,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the  company  then  organizing" 
in  X'ew  Britain  for  the  Fourteenth  Regiment.  He  was  unani 
mously  chosen  captain  and  commissioned  as  such  August  I5th; 
left  the  state  at  the  head  of  his  company  August  25th ;  and 
was  constanly  at  his  post  until  the  i/th  of  September,  when, 
early  in  the  day,  just  as  his  company  was  ordered  to  fall 
back  from  their  somewhat  advanced  position  on  the  battlefield, 
a  bullet  struck  him,  passing  through  the  heart.  He  made  the 
single  exclamation  "T  am  a  dead  man!"  and  died  instantly.  A 
friend  says  of  him: — •"!  know  of  no  important  incidents  in  his 
life.  I  only  know  that  he  was  faithful  and  true  in  all  the  rela 
tions  of  life,  winning  his  way  by  his  own  merit  to  the  affection 
and  confidence  of  all  who  knew  him.  With  an  earnest  devotion 

Note.     The  names  marked  with  this  sign  —  are  not  found  in  State  Roster 
•of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  published  in  1889. 


52  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

to  his  country,  he  gave  himself  'willing  to  die  if  need  be,  for  the 
good  cause.'  '  His  remains  were  taken  to  Xew  Britain  for  inter 
ment. 

Captain  Samuel  F.  Willard,  of  Company  G,  was  born  in 
Madison,  Conn.,  November  22d,  1822.  He  passed  his  life  in 
that  quiet  New  England  village  in  mercantile  pursuits  until  his 
enlistment  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  August  6th,  1862.  He 
had  some  military  experience,  having  commanded  an  independent 
militia  company  in  his  own  town.  Being  impressed  with  his  duty 
to  his  country  at  the  second  call  for  troops,  he  called  upon  his 
townsfolk  to  form  a  company  for  the  war.  The  ranks  were 
quickly  filled  with  the  best  and  bravest  of  the  youth  of  the  town 
and  he  was  unanimously  chosen  captain.  Farlv  in  the  dav  while 
gallantly  leading  his  men  into  the  thick  of  the  fray,  he  fell  uncon 
scious  and  later  died.  His  body  was  taken  to  Madison  where  he 
was  buried  with  military  and  masonic  honors. 

Second  Lieutenant  George  H.  I).  Crosby,  who  was  mortally 
wounded,  died  October  23(1,  1862.  He  was  born  at  Barnstable, 
Mass.,  November  22(1,  1840.  In  1850  he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Middle  Haddam,  Conn.,  where  he  resided  until  his 
enlistment.  He  made  two  unsuccessful  attempts  to  get  an  ap 
pointment  at  West  Point,  entering  \Yesleyan  University  in  Mid- 
dletown  in  the  fall  of  1861.  Having  decided  military  predilec 
tions,  he  joined  the  Mansfield  Guard  and  there  studied  the  tactics. 
He  marched  with  his  regiment  to  Washington  and  was  left  with 
a  large  guard  over  the  camp  at  Arlington,  when  the  regiment 
marched  to  Fort  Ethan  Allen.  The  government  not  supplying 
sufficient  rations,  he  purchased  them  for  his  men  from  his  own 
limited  means,  declining  to  be  repaid.  When  the  regiment 
marched  from  Ethan  Allen  on  the  Maryland  campaign,  he  rose 
from  a  sick  bed  in  the  hospital  to  join  and  march  with  his  com 
pany.  A  letter  written  about  this  time  from  Sergeant  Goodwin 
of  his  company  (killed  later  in  the  war)  to  his  friends,  praises 
his  coolness  under  fire  and  states  that  his  men  were  growing  very 
fond  of  him.  During  the  battle  Crosby  was  walking  from  one 
end  of  his  company  to  the  other,  encouraging  his  men.  when  a 
bullet  struck  him  in  the  side,  passing  through  his  lungs  just  in 


The  Battle  of  Antietam.  53 

front  of  the  spine,  and  lodging1  on  the  opposite  side  just  under  the 
skin.  He  was  earried  back  to  the  hospital  and  a  few  days  later 
sent  home  where  he  died,  as  we  have  above  stated. 

Before  leaving  the  vicinity  of  Sharpsburg.  the  officers  assembled 
and  adopted  the  following  resolution : — 

"Resolved,  That  we,  their  fellow-officers,  do  but  simple  justice 
to  the  memory  of  these  brave  and  devoted  officers  when  we 
testifv  in  this  public  manner  to  their  efficiency  in  every  public 
and  private  duty,  to  their  watchful  kindness  and  care  over  the 
soldiers  of  their  respective  companies,  to  the  fraternal  courtesy 
ever  manifested  by  them  in  their  intercourse  with  others,  and  to 
their  earnestness  and  zeal  in  the  patriotic  cause  for  which  they 
drew  their  swords." 

It  only  remains  to  record  a  few  notices  of  recognition  and 
praise  by  the  several  officers  in  command  and  in  confirmation  of 
what  has  been  written,  in  addition  to  the  full  reports  of  the 
battle  by  Colonel  Morris,  Acting  Brigadier-!  General  of  the  Second 
Brigade,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins  to  their  superior  officers. 

General  Hancock  says: — "I  found  the  troops  occupying  one 
line  of  battle  in  close  proximity  to  the  enemy,  who  was  then  again 
in  position  behind  Piper's  house.  The  Fourteenth  Connecticut 
Regiment  and  a  detachment  from  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth 
Xew  York  Volunteers,  both  under  command  of  Colonel  Dwight 
Morris,  were  in  reserve,  the  whole  command  numbering  about 
2, TOO  men,  with  no  artillery.  Finding  a  considerable  interval  at 
a  dangerous  point  between  Meagher's  Brigade,  then  commanded 
by  Colonel  Burke,  of  the  Sixty-third  Regiment  Xew  York  Volun 
teers,  and  Caldwell's  Brigade,  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  was 
placed  there,  and  the  detachment  from  the  One  Hundred  and 
Eighth  Xew  York  Volunteers  on  the  extreme  left." 

General  French,  Commander  of  the  Division,  says  in  his  re 
port: — "Surgeon  Grant  organized  his  Division  Hospital  under 
fire.  The  division  commissary.  Lieutenant  Schuffner.  and  Lieu 
tenant  p-Tale.  Fourteenth  Connecticut,  division  ordnance  officer, 
were  strenuous  in  their  exertions  to  supply  the  command.  The 
conduct  of  the  new  regiments  must  take  a  prominent  place  in 


54  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

the  history  of  this  great  battle.  I  ndrilled,  but  admirably  armed 
and  equipped,  every  regiment,  either  in  advance  or  reserve,  dis 
tinguished  itself,  but  according  to  the  energy  and  ability  of  their 
respective  commanders.  The  report  of  Colonel  Morris,  Four 
teenth  Connecticut,  commanding  brigade,  exhibits  the  services  of 
his  command.  There  never  was  such  material  in  any  army  and 
in  one  month  these  splendid  men  will  not  be  excelled  by  any." 

Report  of  Colonel  Dwight  Morris,  Fourteenth  Connecticut 
Infantry,  commanding  Second  Brigade,  of  the  battle  of  Antietam  : 

"Headquarters  Second   Brigade,  French's   Division, 
September  19,  1862. 

Sir:  In  obedience  to  orders,  my  brigade  left  camp  at  Keedys- 
ville  on  the  morning  of  the  i/th.  After  fording  the  Antietam, 
marching  about  two  miles  by  the  fiank,  we  formed  line  of  battle, 
the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  on  the  right,  the  (  )ne  Hundred  and 
Thirtieth  Pennsylvania  center,  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xew 
York  on  the  extreme  left.  We  marched  forward,  forming  in 
front  of  William  Roulette's  house  and  farm,  which  was  occupied 
by  the  enemy,  and,  having  driven  them  from  that  position,  the 
right  rested  in  a  cornfield  and  the  center  occupied  a  space  in  front 
of  an  orchard.  We  were  here  exposed  to  a  galling  cross-fire  for 
three  hours,  but  maintained  the  position.  The  Fifth  Maryland 
Regiment  fell  back  early  in  the  action,  passing  through  the  right 
wing  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut.  The  right  was  immediately 
formed  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  H.  Perkins,  and  the  regiment 
three  times  formed  under  a  severe  cross-fire.  Major  C.  C. 
Clark  also  rendered  great  assistance  in  forming  the  line. 
Adjutant  T.  G.  Ellis,  who  acted  as  my  aide,  constantly  communi 
cated  with  General  French,  and  in  doing  so  was  greatly  exposed 
in  conseciuence  of  the  position  taken  by  the  general  amid  a  very 
hot  fire. 

Having  received  orders  to  support  General  Kimball,  vho  was 
obtaining  ammunition,  I  reported  to  him,  and  was  ordered  to  take 
a  position  near  a  stone  wall  and  to  hold  it.  This  1  did  with  the 
Fourteenth  Connecticut  alone  until  ordered  to  advance  the 


The  Battle  of  Antietam.  55 

Fourteenth  to  support  Colonel  Brooke,  commanding  First 
Brigade,  Richardson's  Division.  I  took  the  position  assigned, 
and  was  ordered  by  General  Caldwell,  temporarily  in  command  of 
Richardson's  Division,  to  remain  until  further  orders.  The 
Fourteenth  was  here  shelled  by  the  enemy,  until  ordered  by 
( leneral  Hancock,  who  relieved  ( ieneral  Caldwell  from  the  com 
mand,  to  the  front  which  position  the  Fourteenth  held  for  thirty- 
six  hours,  constantly  harassed  by  the  enemy.  From  the  time  I 
was  ordered  to  support  (ieneral  Kimball  I  remained  with  the 
Fourteenth  and  (  )ne  hundred  and  thirtieth  Pennsylvania,  now 
joined  to  the  First  I  Brigade,  and  the  One  hundred  and  eighth 
Xew  York.  For  details  I  refer  you  to  the  reports  of  the 
colonels  of  the  regiments. 

My  brigade  captured  2  stand  of  colors,  2  captains,  7  lieutenants, 
and  about  400  privates,  who  were  turned  over  to  the  provost- 
marshal  at  I  >oonsborough,  besides  wounding  many  field  officers 
of  the  enemy.  We  also  took  over  400  stand  of  arms,  which  were 
turned  over  to  the  ordnance  officer.  I  attribute  our  success  in  a 
great  measure  to  the  constant  communication  with  the  command 
ing  general  through  the  day,  as  well  as  to  the  unsurpassed  bravery 
of  our  men.  The  men  in  my  brigade  were  all  new  troops,  hastily 
raised,  and  without  drill  or  experience,  and  although  under  fire 
for  the  first  time,  behaved  with  great  gallantry.  In  front  of  the 
last  position  held  bv  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  more  than  1,000 
of  the  enemy  lie  slain. 

My  loss  in  killed,  wounded,  and  missing  is  529. 
Very  respectfully  yours, 

Dwir.iiT   MORRIS, 

Colonel,    Commanding    Second    Brigade,    French's    Division. 
Lieutenant  J.  W.   PLUMI-:,  Assistant  Adjutant-!  ieneral." 

Report  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  San  ford  H.  Perkins,  Fourteenth 
Connecticut  Infantry,  of  the  battle  of  Antietam: 

"Headquarters  Fourteenth  Regiment  Connecticut  Yolunteers, 

Sharpsburg,  Md.,  September   19,   1862. 

We  broke  bivouac  at  camp  near  Keedysville,  Md.,  on  the  morn 
ing  of  the  i/th  of  September,  taking  position  on  the  right  of 


56  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

your  command  according  to  order,  and  inarched  about  two  hours 
by  flank,  when  we  formed  line  of  battle  and  moved  forward  a 
distance  of  about  one-half  mile,  when  we  became  engaged,  our 
position  being  in  a  corn-field  west  of  William  Roulette's  farm 
house,  the  enemy  occupying  a  position  on  the  summit  of  a  hill  to 
our  front.  The  Fifth  Maryland  Regiment  being  slightly  in  our 
advance,  I  reserved  my  fire  until  they  broke,  which  threw  three 
companies  of  my  right  wing  into  confusion,  when  we  opened  fire 
from  the  left  and  proceeded  to  rally  the  right,  which  having  been 
effected,  we  held  our  position  under  a  severe  cross-fire  for  nearly 
three  hours,  during  which  time,  my  horse  being  disabled,  I  was 
obliged  to  continue  with  my  command  on  foot. 

I  cannot  omit  to  say  that  during  the  time  above  mentioned  my 
right  and  center  were  broken  twice,  but  rallied  on  the  colors  and 
formed  in  good  order  and,  when  ordered  to  retire,  moved  from 
the  field  with  precision,  after  which  we  accompanied  you  to  sup 
port  General  Kimball,  who  was  retiring  for  ammunition,  and  took 
a  position  near  a  stone  wall  east  of  the  farm-house,  holding  the 
same  until  ordered  to  support  Colonel  Brooke. 

During  this  movement,  while  marching  by  flank,  a  shell  was 
thrown  into  our  ranks,  killing  several  of  our  men.  The  ranks 
were  at  once  closed,  the  regiment  moving  forward  at  quick  time 
and  in  good  order.  At  this  time  and  during  the  remaining 
thirty-six  hours,  being  under  your  immediate  command,  requires 
no  further  details. 

Where  all  behaved  so  well  it  may  seem  invidious  to  particu 
larize,  but  I  feel  bound  to  mention  Captain  Blinn,  of  Company  F, 
and  Captain  Willard,  of  Company  G,  who  fell  at  their  posts 
gallantly  cheering  their  commands.  Also  First  Lieutenant  Coit, 
commanding  Company  K,  and  Lieutenant  Crosby,  of  the  same 
company,  were  dangerously  wounded,  leaving  that  company 
without  a  commissioned  officer.  Acting  Adjutant  Lucas,  Assist 
ant  Adjutant-General  Ellis,  together  with  Major  C.  C.  Clark, 
rendered  great  assistance  in  rallying  the  command  under  a  gall 
ing  fire,  at  which  time  the  horse  of  Assistant  Adjutant  Ellis  was 
disabled.  Sergeant  Mills,  color-bearer,  was  severely,  if  not 
mortally,  wounded  while  bearing  and  waving  aloft  our  standard, 


The  Battle  of  Antietam. 


57 


and  his  place  was  filled  by  Lieutenant  Comstock,  Company  H, 
who,  with  Sergeant  Foote,  of  Company  I,  retained  them  until 
the  close  of  the  action.  Our  colors  are  riddled  with  shot  and 
shell,  and  the  staff  broken.  Captain  Gibbons  of  Company  B, 
deserves  notice,  who,  finding  the  farm-house  occupied  by  a  large 
force  of  the  enemy,  ordered  his  company  to  advance  and  fire, 
scattering  them  and  driving  a  portion  of  them  into  the  cellar, 
where,  by  closing  the  door,  a  large  number  of  them  were  cap 
tured. 

As  you  are  aware,  our  men,  hastily  raised  and  without  drill, 
behaved  like  veterans,  and  fullv  maintained  the  honor  of  the 
Union  and  our  native  State. 

Total  killed,  wounded,  and  missing,   156. 

1   have  the  honor  to  be,  your  obedient  servant, 

SAXFORD  H.  PKRKIXS, 

Lieutenant-Colonel,  Commanding     Fourteenth     Regiment     Con 
necticut  Volunteers. 
COLOXKL  Dwir.irr  MORRIS, 

Commanding1  Second   Brigade,   General   French's   Division." 


Burnside's  Bridge. 


Kimball's  Hill.  Antietam. 


CHAPTER  IV. 
After  Antietam  and  Before  Fredericksburg. 

It  was  apparent  Friday  that  Lee  had  moved  his  army  across 
the  Potomac  at  the  Shepardstown  ford  and  was  now  safely  on 
Virginia  soil.  McClellan  was  one  of  the  most  courteous  and 
generous  of  generals  and,  although  a  part  of  his  army,  the  Fifth 
and  Sixth  Corps  and  cavalry,  were  practically  unused  in  the 
battle  of  \Yednesday,  did  not  attempt  to  further  disturb  the 
enemy.  Then  again  he  was  probably  aware  that  Lee  had  not 
completed  arrangements  to  meet  him.  This  delay  in  not  finish 
ing  the  battle  at  Antietam  gave  his  army  opportunity  for  rest  and 
recuperation.  The  army  though  jaded  and  worn  by  the  terrible 
experiences  of  the  week  would,  however,  have  responded  to  a  call 
for  a  further  attack  cheerfully. 

The  men  of  the  regiment  went  over  the  ground  and  viewed  the 
havoc  of  the  battle.  In  consideration  for  the  regiment's  service 
at  the  front,  the  men  were  relieved  from  the  disagreeable  duty 
of  helping  to  bury  the  dead,  though  some  of  the  men  assisted. 
Saturday  afternoon  there  was  an  inspection  of  the  regiment  in 
common  with  the  entire  army.  On  Sunday  religious  services 
were  held  in  the  beautiful  oak  grove  where  the  regiment  was 
bivouacked,  with  "flag-draped  drums  for  a  pulpit  and  the  inspir 
ing  music  of  the  band  serving  as  church  bell  and  orchestra. '' 

(58) 


After  Antietam  and   Before  Fredericksburg. 


59 


This  was  the  first  religious  service  in  the  field,  few  have  been 
held  under  such  circumstances,  and  none  will  forget  that  im 
pressive  occasion.  The  horrible  experiences  of  the  week,  the 
deaths  of  their  comrades,  many  of  them  attached  to  each  other 
bv  the  ties  of  boyhood  clays,  brothers  and  relatives,  were  very 
vivid  to  them  in  these  hours  of  more  quiet  reflection. 

In  the  vacancy  made  by  the  death  of  Captain  IJiirin,  \vho  was 
killed  early  in  the  day  of  the  battle,  ist  Lieutenant  Samuel  A. 
Moore  of  Company  F  was  promoted  to  be  captain. 

During  Sunday  a  ration  of  fresh  beef  was  served  which  was 
the  second  since  leaving  Hartford.  All  the  rations  tl'e  regiment 
had  during  the  week  since  reaching  Antietam  had  been  four 
issues  of  hardtack,  coffee,  sugar  and  salt  pork. 

On  September  2ist,  Sergeant  Benjamin  Hirst  states: — 
"Every  man  who  had  cut  his  body  belt  to  a  nice  fit  was  charged 


Where  the  Regiment  forded  the  river. 


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Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.    Infantry. 


with  a  new  one.  A  few  days  before  a  man  wearing1  his  belt 
passing  through  the  loops  on  his  cartridge-box  (as  do  nil  old 
soldiers)  was  fined  $4." 

On  Monday,  the  22(1,  the  regiment  started  on  its  march  to 
Harper's  Ferry,  fourteen  miles  distant,  directly  south,  moving  to 
the  Hagerstown  turnpike,  passing  the  battered  and  shot  riddled 
Dunkerd  Church,  and  through  Sharpsburg.  The  march  was  over 
a  clustv  road,  the  (lav  was  excessivelv  hot  and  ir.anv  of  the  men 


JOHN  MCCARTHY. 

Chief  Musician,  who  led  the  Band  as  the  Regiment  forded  the  river  Sept.  22,  1862 


felt  it  a  hard  task  to  keep  up,  and  it  was  "Close  up,  Close  up"  all 
day.  Officers  and  men  were  falling  out  every  mile.  About  two 
o'clock  they  arrived  opposite  Harper's  Ferry  and  found  the 
bridges  had  been  burned  and  it  was  necessary  to  ford  the  river. 
The  river  at  that  point  was  a  wide  brawling  stream  with  a  rapid 
current,  but  not  more  than  two  or  three  feet  in  depth.  It  was  an 
animating  scene,  the  band  leading  the  way  playing  "Jordan  is  a 


After  Antietam   and   Before   Fredericksburg.  61 

Hard  Road  to  Travel,"  "\Yay  Down  South  in  Dixie,"  "Yankee 
Doodle"  and  "(  )ld  Virginia."  Fverv  now  and  then,  some  nn- 
fortnnate  wight  would  be  carried  off  his  feet  by  the  current  or 
would  slide  on  the  slippery  rocks  that  formed  the  bottom  of  the 
river  and  would  go  under  the  water,  blowing  like  a  porpoise  and 
dripping  wet,  when  he  emerged,  to  the  infinite  amusement  of  his 
comrades.  It  was  merry  work  crossing  the  stream  and  there  was 
a  feeling  of  exhilaration  as  they  passed  bv  the  ruins  of  the  arsenal 
where  John  Brown  had  fought  so  stoutly,  the  band  plaving  "Glory 
Hallelujah." 

\Ye  copy  on  interesting  passage  from  Colonel  Frederick  L. 
Hitchcock  in  his  "War  from  the  Inside,"  being  some  interesting 
sketches  of  the  1320!  Pennsylvania  Regiment.  Speaking  of  this 
fording  the  river  he  says: — "( )ur  division  was  headed  by  the 
Fourteenth  Connecticut,  and  as  we  approached  the  river  opposite 
Harper's  Ferry  its  fine  band  struck  up  the  then  new  and  popular 
air,  'John  Brown's  Body/  and  the  whole  division  took  up  the 
song,  and  we  forded  the  river  singing  it." 

After  leaving  Harper's  Ferry  the  column  marched  through  the 
town  of  Bolivar  until  it  reached  Bolivar  Heights  where  they 
encamped,  about  two  miles  from  the  town,  which  is  nestled  in  a 
valley  at  the  junction  of  the  Potomac  and  Shenandoah  rivers  be 
tween  three  tremendous  hills,  or  it  might  be  said  mountains  for 
they  form  a  part  of  the  Blue  Ridge  Chain, — a  most  beautiful 
view.  Away  up  on  the  right  were  McClellan's  headquarters  and 
occasionally  on  a  clear  day  could  be  seen  a  balloon  hovering  in 
the  air  above  to  obtain  a  view  of  the  enemy.  The  rebel  camp- 
fires  were  in  view  about  eight  miles  distant.  The  sight  was  a 
grand  one  as  the  great  army  was  encamped  over  these  hills  and 
the  view  at  night  of  thousands  of  camp-fires  illuminated  the  hills 
from  base  to  summit.  The  experiences  of  the  week  and  the  scanty 
supply  of  food,  overcoats  and  blankets  caused  great  suffering. 
In  digging  in  an  old  breastwork  which  ran  along  the  front  some 
Sibley  tents  were  found  that  had  been  secreted  there  the  week 
before  when  our  troops  surrendered  the  place  to  the  Confederates. 
Also  dead  bodies  were  found  in  this  breastwork.  These  tents 


62  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 

were  promptly  made  use  of  for  shelter,  they  being  particularly 
welcome  owing  to  the  wet  condition  of  the  men  from  fording 
the  river. 

September  2/th  the  sick  men  of  the  regiment,  who  were  left 
at  Fort  Ethan  Allen  under  the  care  of  Dr.  Jewett,  joined  the 
regiment. 

Detachments  from  the  regiment  were  assigned  to  duty  here 
and  there  guarding  government  stores  and  doing  picket  duty. 
During  the  stay  at  Bolivar  Heights  there  was  much  sickness  in 
the  camp,  many  times  more  than  two  hundred  being  under  the 
doctor's  care.  This  was  owing  to  bad  water,  lack  of  proper  food 
and  no  overcoats  or  blankets,  and  the  nights  were  cold  and  frosty. 
A  happy  feature  of  the  situation  was  its  comparative  nearness  to 
the  Shenandoah  River,  about  a  mile  away,  where  the  men  could 
go  to  bathe. 


Harper's  Ferry,  West  Virginia,  with  Bolivar  Heights  in  the  distance. 


Comrade  Albert  F.  Hall,  of  Company  H,  relates  some  experi 
ences  which  may  represent  that  of  many  others.  He  says : — 
"The  water  here  was  so  bad  and  with  other  conditions  caused  a 
great  amount  of  sickness  and  eventually  a  large  number  of 
deaths.  Chronic  diarrhea  was  prevalent  and  I  soon  became  the 
victim  of  typhoid  fever,  being  carried  on  a  stretcher  to  the  little 
town  of  Bolivar  below  us.  Here  I  was  placed  with  others  on 


After  Antietam  and  Before  Fredericksburg.  63 

the  floor  of  an  unoccupied  house.  A I  any  around  me  died,  but  by 
such  attention  as  my  comrades  and  the  surgeon  could  give  me, 
F  escaped  death.  One  bright  afternoon  in  October,  utterly  weak 
as  I  was.  I  tried  to  crawl  out  and  up  to  the  corner,  a  few  rods 
distant.  Xear  the  corner  house,  the  lower  part  of  which  was 
occupied  by  sutlers,  there  was  in  the  back-yard  an  old  lady  wash 
ing,  who  beckoned  me  to  come  in.  I  did  so  and  dropped  upon 
a  bench,  utterly  exhausted  and  too  weak  to  go  farther.  The 
name  of  this  old  lady  was  Cross,  and  she  talked  to  me  long  and 
earnestly.  I  found  her  a  good  Union  woman,  with  a  son  in  the 
Maryland  cavalry,  living  with  her  daughter  in  two  rooms  up 
stairs.  1  told  her  1  would  be  so  glad  if  1  could  get  into  a  place 
where  there  was  a  fire.  She  finally  said  F  should  have  a  place 
on  her  floor  near  the  stove.  The  following  morning.  Sunday,  her 
daughter  appeared,  very  plainly  dressed  in  calico,  but  with 
bright  black  eves  and  a  sympathetic  heart,  furnishing  water,  towel 
and  soap  I  soon  felt  like  a  new  man,  which  was  completed  by 
giving  me  a  clean  shirt  of  her  brother's. 

Later  I  discovered  that  this  young  lady.  Sarah  J.  Cross,  had 
a  history,  having  been  instumental  in  conveying  information  from 
the  Confederate  army  to  the  I  nion  forces  opposite,  which  fact 
the  rebels  ascertained  and  placed  her  under  arrest,  placing  her 
in  charge  of  her  uncle,  with  the  charge  that  if  she  escaped,  it 
would  mean  death  to  him.  Undaunted,  however,  this  girl  per- 
sauded  her  uncle  to  allow  her  to  visit  her  sister  at  a  point  of  rocks 
some  distance  away,  opposite  the  L  nion  lines.  She  made  her 
way  there  under  cover  of  night,  put  out  the  light,  and  at  dawn 
the  following  day  went  out  upon  the  high  point  of  rocks  and. 
signalling  with  her  handkerchief,  a  boat  with  Union  soldiers  at 
the  oars  was  crossing.  She  jumped  into  a  boat  and  started  for 
the  other  side.  Soon  the  Confederate  cavalry  dashed  around  the 
bend  and  began  firing.  Standing  in  the  boat,  she  urged  the 
brave  men  on  while  the  Confederate  bullets  were  flying  about 
them.  At  last  they  got  out  of  range  and  reached  the  Union 
•shore.  This  brave  girl  stepped  ashore  and,  waving  her  handker 
chief,  disappeared  under  the  protection  of  the  Union  army.  After 
the  war  she  married  a  sergeant  of  Company  P>.  Cole's  Cavalry." 


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Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 


Here  it  may  be  well  to  state  the  routine  of  the  regi 
ment's  life.  At  rive  thirty  in  the  morning  the  men 
were  aroused  by  the  roll  of  the  drums.  They  would 
beat  only  four  or  rive  minutes  and  the  man  who  was  not 
in  the  ranks  when  they  ceased,  dressed,  and  ready  for  roll-call, 
was  reported  to  headquarters  for  punishment.  Calling  die  roll 
took  only  about  five  minutes  when  they  were  dismissed  to  get 
their  own  breakfasts  as  best  they  might.  The  main  difficulty  was 
the  long  distance  and  steep  road  over  which  they  had  to  go  for 
water  and  wood.  At  7.30  the  bugle  sounded  "Surgeon's  Call" 
when  all  the  invalids  went  down  to  have  an  interview  with  the 
M.  D.  The  doctor  felt  the  pulse  of  his  patient  and  looked  at  his 
tongue  and  punched  him  in  the  ribs,  and  if  he  thought  him  not  so 


A  street  in  Harper's  Ferry. 


After  Antietam  and   Before  Fredericksburg.  65 

sick  as  he  represented  himself  to  be  swore  at  him  and  bade  him 
be  off.  If,  however,  he  thought  him  really  unwell,  he  gave  him 
a  nauseous  pill  before  dismissing  him.  This  pill  came  to  be 
known  among  the  men  as  "Xo.  9"  At  8  o'clock  a.  m.  was  guard 
mounting.  Some  thirty  men  were  chosen  from  the  various  com 
panies  to  act  as  sentries  for  the  ensuing  twenty-four  hours.  They 
were  marched  out,  paraded,  clothing  and  equipment  inspected,  and 
inarched  off  to  their  posts  to  the  sound  of  music.  At  8.30  the 
regiment  was  drilled  either  by  company  or  battalion,  usually  for 
about  two  hours.  From  about  11  o'clock  until  3  the  men  did  not 
have  much  to  do  except  to  get  dinner.  From  3  until  5.30  they 
were  drilled  again  and  wound  up  the  duties  of  the  day  by  dress- 
parade.  At  8  in  the  evening  was  roll-call  and  at  9  the  bugle 
was  sounded  to  extinguish  lights. 

The  retreat  call  at  sundown  was  really  enjoyed  and  oftentimes 
the  fine  band  of  the  regiment  would  extend  it  into  an  evening 
concert.  The  almost  universal  time  killer  in  camp  was  cards. 
Various  games  were  played,  but  poker  was  king.  A  game  of 
the  latter  could  be  found  in  almost  every  company  street,  officers 
as  well  as  men  taking  a  "twist  at  the  tiger." 

There  was  no  question  about  the  morals  of  the  regiment,  and 
it  may  be  a  joke,  but  has  some  significance  when  it  is  said  that  the 
Colonel  offered  a  prize  of  $5  for  any  one  that  heard  a  man  swear. 

The  regiment  left  "Bolivar  Heights  on  the  morning  of  October 
3Oth  crossing  the  Shenandoah  on  a  pontoon  bridge  and  taking 
a  hilly  road  through  the  mountains  a  few  miles,  and  then  biv 
ouacked  about  eight  miles  from  Harper's  Ferry,  between  that 
place  and  Leesburg.  When  the  regiment  left  Bolivar  Heights 
several  of  the  sick  were  sent  back  to  the  various  hospitals. 

There  was  something  inspiring  in  the  sight  of  the  great  army 
on  the  march.  The  long  trains  of  wagons,  the  shining  brass 
pieces  of  artillery,  the  horses  with  scarlet  blankets,  the  long 
steadily  moving  column  of  men,  the  gleaming  steel  weapons  and 
the  echoing  bugle  calls  rouse  the  martial  spirit  in  a  man  if  he  has 
any.  Then  at  night  the  camp-fires,  shining  through  the  dark 
ness  over  all  the  surrounding  hills,  make  the  landscape  look  like 


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Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 


"Jefferson  Rock"  overlooking  the  Shenandoah  River. 


a  view  of  sonic  great  city  in  the  evening  :  and  the  little  groups 
of  men  around  the  fires,  the  stacks  of  arms,  and  the  horses  graz 
ing,  make  groups  that  a  painter  might  well  copy. 

November  ist  the  march  was  continued  down  the  Louden 
Valley  about  three  miles.  On  this  day  a  very  ludicrous  incident 
occurred.  While  in  camp  here  some  of  the  men  strayed  out  into 
a  garden  in  search  of  vegetables  and  met  with  a  queer  interrup 
tion  and  reception.  A  red-headed  daughter  of  the  "sunny  South" 
rushed  out  and  overturned  five  or  six  beehives  which  stood  at 
one  end  of  the  garden.  While  "our  boys"  could  stand  before  a 
storm  of  shot  and  bullets,  they  were  not  disposed  to  face  this 
musketry  of  nature  and  beat  a  hasty  retreat  before  the  infuriated 
insects,  but  later  returned  and  secured  the  honey,  which  would 
not  have  been  disturbed  in  the  ordinary  course  of  events.  Cor 
poral  Albert  R.  Crittenden  writes  of  a  further  development  of 


After  Antietam  and   Before   Fredericksburg.  67 

this  incident.  He  says : — "After  the  bees  were  subdued  and 
the  contents  of  the  hives  fell  into  our  hands,  to  some  of  us  it 
proved  an  'apple  of  Sodom'  for  we  got  only  bee  bread.  The  red 
headed  daughter  of  the  South  and  an  older  female  came  into 
camp  to  identify  some  of  the  raiders.  They  lighted  on  us,  not 
because  they  were  sure  it  was  us,  but  as  the  raiders  had  on  dark 
blue  trousers,  we  were  taken  to  account.  Some  remnants  of  a 
honey  box  were  found  in  one  of  the  company  streets  and  the 
captain  was  called  on  to  explain.  He  said  he  did  not  know  how  the 
honey  box  came  there,  they  had  just  moved  into  their  position,  and 
all  his  men  were  present  or  accounted  for.  Furthermore,  he  did 
not  believe  his  men  would  be  guilt}'  of  such  actions  as  they  were 
all  pious  men  and  good  Baptists,  indeed  only  about  six  weeks 
had  passed  since  he  had  seen  them  all  immersed  in  the  Potomac. 
The  captain  was  so  positive  in  his  statement  of  'facts'  and  so 
honest  about  it  that  the  maidens  appeared  satisfied  and  took 
leave  of  us." 

November  2(1,  Sunday,  the  march  was  continued  in  the  direc 
tion  of  Snicker's  Gap.  The  cavalry  in  advance  kept  up  a  run 
ning  fire  with  the  enemy's  horse,  cannonading  all  day.  About 
2  p.  m.  the  regiment  was  formed  in  line  of  battle  and  skirmishers 
sent  out  to  ascertain  about  a  column  of  troops  in  front.  Upon 
its  being  discovered  that  they  were  Union  men,  the  march  was 
resumed  to  Snicker's  Gap,  where  they  encamped  for  the  night. 
Few  of  the  regiment  will  forget  that  encampment.  It  was  a 
bright  moonlight  night  and  the  men  had  been  sent  to  these 
heights  to  keep  the  Confederates  from  passing  through  the  (jap. 
Picket-lines  \vere  thrown  out.  The  view  was  a  grand  one  as  on 
the  one  side  could  be  seen  the  Louden  Valley  along  which  the 
Union  troops  were  camped  and  on  the  other  side  could  be  seen 
the  Confederate  army  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley.  The  lights  of 
the  camp-fires  of  each  army  were  plainly  visible.  Some  of  the 
men  claim  it  was  here  that  it  was  first  discovered  that  the  initials 
"B.  C."  \vere  imprinted  upon  the  hardtack. 

November  2(1  the  regiment  went  into  bivouac  at  Uppersville 
There  was  evidence  that  the  enemy's  cavalry  were  close  in  front 
and  were  falling  back  upon  the  advance.  Their  camp-fires  were 


68  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

still  smoking  and  it  was  apparent  they  had  made  a  hasty  retreat. 
Many  of  the  men  who  had  fallen  out  from  various  causes  rejoined 
the  regiment  and  at  this  time  it  numbered  about  450  men,  all 
told.  A  portion  of  the  regiment  was  detached  to  guard  an  am 
munition  train,  the  rest  moving  on  and  bivouacking  about  ten 
miles  from  the  battle-field  of  Bull  Run. 

November  /th  the  march  was  resumed  and  the  regiment  had 
their  first  experience  of  snow  in  the  South.  November  8th  the 
march  was  through  Warrenton,  Ya.,  with  colors  living  and  band 
playing,  General  French  at  the  head,  and  encamped  on  the  out 
skirts  of  the  town,  the  inhabitants  looking  surly  enough.  Ser 
geant  Benjamin  Hirst  records  under  this  date: — "Before  the 
rebellion  \Yarrenton  must  have  been  a  very  fine  city,  but  every 
thing  now  seems  deserted.  Of  inhabitants  I  saw  none  but  a  fe\v 
ladies  peering  at  us  through  half-opened  window  blinds,  arid  most 
of  them  seemed  to  be  weeping.  As  we  marched  by,  our  band 
played  'Yankee  Doodle'  without  consoling  them  a  bit." 

An  incident  occurred  while  encamped  near  Warrenton 
of  interest  to  members  of  the  regiment,  which  may  be  here 
recorded. 

"Headquarters  i-ith  Conn.  Yols.,  Camp  near  Warrenton,  Ya., 

November  12th,  1862. 
Captain  S.  H.  Davis, 

Sir : — You  are  hereby  ordered  to  give  in  writing  immediately 
the  reason  for  the  occasion  of  the  noise  in  your  quarters  last  night 
at  or  about  one  o'clock. 

By  order  of   S.   H.   Perkins,  Lieutenant-Colonel,   commanding 
1 4th.  Conn.  Yols. 
George  X.  Moorehouse,  Acting  Adjutant." 

Upon  receipt  of  the  foregoing  order  Captain  Davis  made  the 
following  reply : — 

"Camp  1 4th  Conn.  Yols.,  near  Warrenton,  Ya., 

November  I2th,   1862. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  H.  Perkins, 

Commanding  I4th  Conn.  Yols. 

Sir : — In  response  to  your  order  of  this  date,  I  hereby  respect- 
full  v  furnish  'the  reason  for  the  occasion  of  the  noise  in  mv 


After  Antietam  and   Before  Fredericksburg.  69 

quarters  last  night  at  or  about  one  o'clock'.  Late  in  the  night — 
at  precisely  what  hour  T  am  unable  to  say — I  was  aroused  from 
my  peaceful  slumbers  by  partial  suffocation  and  also  consider 
able  disturbance  in  my  quarters.  Through  the  thick  veil  of 
smoke  which  clouded  my  vision  I  beheld  the  towering  form  of 
mv  sable  servant  Philip — his  countenance  illuminated  by  the 
mingled  light  of  burning  brands — and  his  snowy  teeth — and 
ghastly  with  an  indescribable  expression  of  confusion  and  horror, 
with  one  hand  frantically,  but  fruitlessly,  endeavoring  to  extin 
guish  his  burning  pants — and  the  other  upraised  and  swaying  to 
and  fro  in  the  agony  of  despair,  vainly  striving  to  prevent  the 
devouring  element  from  wholly  destroying  the  wretched  remnant 
of  a  shelter  tent  which  the  said  Philip  is  wont  to  use  as  a  cover 
ing.  A  din  of  "laughter,  coughing,  curses  and  exhortations" 
saluted  my  affrighted  ears.  \Yhen  T  had  sufficiently  recovered 
my  senses  to  realize  the  'situation'  the  extreme  ludicrousness  of 
the  whole  scene  caused  me  to  join  the  peal  of  laughter.  The 
terrified  African  finally  succeeded  in  gaining  the  open  air  where 
he  continued  his  incendiary  work  by  unwittingly  firing  a  woolen 
shirt,  the  property  of  Captain  S.  W.  Carpenter's  colored  person, 
by  name  '(ieorge'.  The  friendly  exchange  of  compliments  be 
tween  the  two  descendants  of  Ham  which  followed  this  breach 
of  propriety,  and  the  increased  consternation  of  Philip  (who  now 
began  to  view  himself  in  the  light  of  the  destroying  angel  com 
missioned  to  produce  the  final  conflagration  of  this  mundane 
sphere )  furnished  new  material  for  laughter — and  finally  the 
woe-begone  expression  of  that  dejected  contraband  as  he  sorrow 
fully  sat  surrounded  by  the  ruin  his  hands  (or  feet  rather)  had 
wrought,  his  eyes  bedewed  with  tears  of  mingled  smoke  and 
emotion — was  too  much  for  human  risibles  and  then  I  laughed. 
At  about  this  time  the  festivities  of  the  occasion  were  interrupted 
by  the  voice  of  one  I  supposed  to  be  yourself,  forbidding  the 
further  continuance  of  the  same  which  was  the  first  intimation 
I  had  that  I  was  engaged  in  disturbing  camp.  Asking  your  par 
don  for  this  my  prolixity  yet  feeling  conscious  that  though  neces 
sary  it  fails  to  do  justice  to  the  subject,  I  have  the  honor  to  sub 
scribe  myself.  Your  obedient  servant, 

S.   H.   Davis,   Captain    1-j.th   Connecticut  Volunteers." 


70  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

It  was  while  here  that  the  regiment  learned  of  the  removal  of 
McClellan,  he  being  snpereeded  by  General  IJurnside.  A  fare 
well  review  of  the  troops  was  given.  Notwithstanding  his  ill 
success,  very  man}'  of  the  men  had  confidence  in  him  and  were 
not  altogether  pleased  with  his  retirement. 

The  regiment  remained  near  \Yarrenton  until  the  I5th,  when 
after  a  hard  march  of  about  a  dozen  miles,  they  bivouacked  with 
the  rest  of  the  division  on  a  great  plain  not  far  from  \Yarrenton 
Junction.  On  November  i6th  Company  A  was  detached  to 
guard  a  cross-road  and  spent  the  day  there  while  the  entire  corps 
marched  past  and  in  the  middle  of  the  afternoon  they  started 
and  overtook  them,  after  marching  about  ten  miles,  and  encamped 
about  two  miles  in  the  rear  of  Falmouth.  They  remained  here 
until  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  r8th  when  they  took  up 
the  line  of  march  for  Belle  Plain.  General  French  was  at  the 
head  of  the  column,  and  was  saluted  with  cheers.  He  swung  his 
hat  and  was  cheered  in  return  and  really  seemed  sorry  to  see  the 
regiment  go.  General  French  was  familiarly  known  amon;;'  the 
boys  as  "General  Blinkie,"  a  nickname  applied  to  him  from  the 
peculiar  blinking  of  his  eyes  which  seemed  to  move  all  the  muscles 
of  his  face,  they  moving  up  and  down  like  the  shutters  of  a  blind. 

The  sutler's  tent  was  often  the  object  of  attack  and  most  com 
plete  annihilation.  Sergeant  \Yade  speaks  of  one  occuring  on 
the  march  from  P>olivar  Heights  to  Belle  I 'lain  when  the  Tenth 
New  York  tipped  over  a  sutler's  tent,  stealing  about  two  thous 
and  loaves  of  bread  for  which  the  thrifty  sutler  had  been  charg 
ing  the  men  fifteen  cents  a  loaf.  A  member  of  Company  F, 
Fourteenth  Regiment,  familiarly  known  as  "Auty"  was  ever  alert 
when  there  was  anything  to  eat.  It  was  while  attempting  to 
get  his  share  of  the  plunder  that  he  accidentally  sprained  his 
ankle  and  was  taken  to  Surgeon  Dudley's  tent,  where  the  ever 
ready  surgeon  gave  him  one  of  his  famous  No.  9  pills.  These 
pills  seemed  equally  efficient  in  restoring  a  sprained  limb  as  in 
a  case  of  chronic  diarrhea.  "Auty"  reported  himself  for  duty 
the  next  day. 

The  march  was  resumed  about  7.30  on  the  morning  of  the 
I9th,  the  men  in  the  best  spirits,  but  their  mood  was  changed 


After  Antietam  and   Before  Fredencksburg.  7  1 

before  the  day  was  over.  Colonel  Morris  became  bewildered  and 
marched  them  round  and  round,  through  woods,  across  streams 
and  through  farmer's  dooryards.  Then  the  guide,  who  was  a 
"secesh"  farmer  cleared  out.  The  rain  fell  heavily  and  the  regi 
ment  crossed  the  same  stream  four  times  and  every  now  and  then 
would  about  face  and  take  the  back  track,  and  were  some  five 
hours  in  marching  a  distance  of  four  miles.  On  reaching  Belle 
Plain  the  regiment  was  marched  and  countermarched  several 
times  over  the  ground  and  at  length,  the  worst  possible  spot  hav 
ing  been  selected,  went  into  camp,  the  men  wet,  muddy  and 
dispirited,  about  dark. 

The  condition  of  the  regiment  at  Belle  Plain  was  most  un 
comfortable.  Tt  rained  for  nearly  a  week  after  the  regiment 
reached  there,  the  camp  was  situated  amid  swamps  and  mud 
Hats,  their  blankets  and  clothing  were  wet  through  and  their 
fires  could  not  be  made  to  burn.  Detachments  from  the  regi 
ment  as  well  as  the  brigade  were  sent  out  to  unload  barges  and 
steamboats.  Sergeant  R.  I  '>.  Tyler  of  Company  B  gives  a  vivid 
statement  of  the  experiences  of  the  regiment  at  this  point.  He 
says  : — "The  march  through  the  Louden  Valley  and  from  thence 
to  Falmouth  ;  the  sickly,  disagreeable,  nonsoldier-like  experiences 
of  Belle  Plain  where  our  men.  wholly  unused  to  such  work,  were 
detailed  to  do  duty  as  stevedores  and  longshoremen,  some  slight 
of  frame  and  weakened  in  muscle  by  soldier  fare,  staggering 
from  the  barges  under  loads  they  could  scarcely  carry,  while  a 
big.  fat.  lazy  negro  stood  by,  sleepily  mouthing  out  something 
that  was  supposed  to  be  tally,  although  almost  unintelligible  to 
our  men.  This  and  the  apparent  inability  of  our  surgeons  to 
cope  with  the  various  diseases  and  ailments  that  were  reducing 
our  muster  roll  day  by  day  :  the  full  import  of  the  differences  in 
condition,  as  well  as  apparent  importance  in  the  esteem  of  the 
government  between  officers  and  men,  especially  those  officers  of 
high  rank  ;  these  were  things  that  tried  the  metal  and  patience  of 
our  soldiers,  so  recently  citizens,  with  all  the  rights  and  privi 
leges  of  American  citizenship,  more  than  facing  Confederate 
musket  and  cannon." 

Bv  the  first  of  December  the  conditions  of  the  camp  had  some- 


72 


Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


what  improved.  The  band,  which  had  so  greatly  helped  to  in 
spire  and  encourage  the  men  during  these  hard  days,  serenaded 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins,  playing  "Auld  Lang  Syne"  and  na 
tional  airs.  December  6th  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  break 
camp  at  Belle  Plain  and  join  the  army  on  the  Rappahannock. 
The  march  was  a  wearisome  and  trying  one.  Dr.  Levi  Jewett 
records  his  impressions.  He  says: — "I  well  remember  that 
march.  It  was  a  cold  day,  the  mud  deep  and  sticky  and  a  cold 
rain  fell  nearly  all  day,  toward  night  becoming  mixed  with  snow 
and  hail,  and  we  had  as  unpleasant  a  time  as  I  can  remember 
during  my  whole  army  life.  It  was  pitch  dark  when  we  reached 
our  destination  and  we  were  told  to  go  into  the  pine  woods  for 
the  night.  Heavy  masses  of  snow  were  falling  from  the  trees 
and  there  was  nearly  a  foot  of  snow  on  the  ground.  It  was  a 
dismal  place, — not  much  to  eat  and  no  way  to  make  fires.  There 


The  Armory  at  Harper's  Ferry. 


After  Antietam  and   Before  Fredericksburg. 


73 


was  not  much  sleep  that  night.  Colonel  Morris  with  the  aid  of 
pioneers  had  a  fire  made  at  headquarters  where  some  of  us  tried 
to  get  warm.  It  seemed  as  if  half  the  boys  would  be  dead  before 
morning,  but  they  all  seemed  to  come  out  bright  next  day  and 
went  to  cleaning  up  the  ground  and  making  a  comfortable  cam]).'1 
Here  they  remained  until  the  evening  of  December  loth,  where 
we  may  leave  them  to  await  the  events  of  the  coming  day. 


The  Burnside  Bridge  in  1891. 


Where  the  pontoon  touched  the  Fredericksburg  shore. 

CHAPTER  V. 
The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg. 

It  chills  the  blood  to  follow  the  experiences  of  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment  during-  the  short  time  it  has  been  in  service.  The 
long  march  from  Fort  Ethan  Allen  to  Antietam,  the  terrible  ex 
periences  there,  the  tedious  march  to  Bolivar  Heights,  the  lack 
of  proper  food  and  clothing,  the  wearisome  march  to  Belle  Plain, 
the  unsoldier-like  and  disorderly  condition  of  the  camp,  and  the 
heavy  work  as  stevedores,  make  one  wonder  how  any  man  could 
live  to  reach  his  native  state. 

\Ye  come  now  to  relate  the  bitterest  of  all  these  experiences 
in  what  might  well  be  called  the  massacre  of  Fredericksburg.  To 
understand  the  details  of  this  horrible  battle  we  may  look  for  a 
moment  at  the  situation.  The  regiment  was  encamped  now  at 
Falmouth,  about  three  miles  above  Fredericksburg,  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Rappahannock.  Fredericksburg,  a  sluggish  South 
ern  city,  lies  on  what  might  be  termed  the  south  side  of  the 
river,  the  river  at  this  point  running  from  northwest  to  southeast. 
It  had  a  few  mills  which  were  fed  by  a  causeway  running  along  in 
the  rear  of  the  town  between  the  town  and  the  Confederate  for 
tifications.  This  causeway  was  from  ten  to  fifteen  feet  wide, 
quite  deep,  and  spanned  by  a  number  of  little  bridges,  from 
which  the  planks  were  removed  at  the  time  of  the  battle.  The 

(74) 


The  Battle   of  Fredericksburg.  75 

town  rambles  along  the  river  front  for  about  t\vo  miles.  A  high 
ridge  directly  in  rear  of  the  town  was  called  Alarye's  Heights, 
which  encircle  the  city  back  some  five  hundred  yards,  and  are 
the  termination  of  a  plateau  which  rises  from  one  hundred  and 
fifty  to  two  hundred  feet  in  an  abrupt  terrace  from  the  plain 
upon  which  the  city  stands.  These  heights  form  a  half-circle 


MAJOR  CYRUS  C.  CLARK. 

Wounded    at    Kredericksburg. 


from  the  river  above  to  a  point  below  the  city  some  little  distance 
from  the  river,  and  are  most  admirably  adapted  for  defensive 
purposes.  The  rebel  batteries,  numbering1  at  least  one  hundred 
guns,  were  massed  on  these  heights,  and  covered  not  onlv  every 
street  leading  out  from  the  city,  but  every  square  foot  of  ground 
of  the  plain  below.  A  third  of  the  way  down  the  terrace  was  an 
earthwork  filled  with  infantry  while  at  its  foot  ran  a  stone  wall 


76  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

extending1  southward  from  the  cemetery  above  the  city  and  was 
continued  by  an  earthwork  around  the  whole  circle.  Behind 
this  stone  wall  was  massed  a  double  line  of  Confederate  infantry. 
To  enter  either  street  leading  out  to  those  heights  was  to  face 
the  concentrated  fire  of  that  mass  of  artillery  and  the  deadly 
work  of  those  three  lines  of  infantry. 

The  concentration  of  the  Federal  forces  on  the  north  side  di 
rectly  in  front,  and  the  arrival  of  pontoon  bridges  to  the  edge  of 
the  river  several  weeks  previous,  were  sufficient  to  give  to  so 
astute  a  military  commander  as  Lee  a  key  to  Burnside's  plans 
of  operation.  It  is  estimated  that  Lee  had  at  this  point  about 
85,000  men,  the  last  of  which  had  probably  arrived  there  two 
weeks  before  the  battle.  The  long  delay  in  making  any  move  to 
cross  by  the  Federal  forces  gave  the  Confederates  ample  time  to 
strengthen  what  was  already  an  impregnable  entrenchment.  The 
semi-circular  formation  of  the  high  ground  enabled  the  Con 
federate  artillery  to  enfilade  the  Federal  army  both  at  right  and 
left.  The  town  lay  on  the  plain  between  this  ridge  and  the  river. 
This  position  selected  by  Lee  was  the  strongest  for  military 
operations  that  could  be  imagined.  F>om  this  point  of  writing 
it  would  seem  apparent  that  the  moving  of  the  Federal  forces 
was  as  much  to  the  mind  and  pleasing  of  Lee  as  if  he  had  given 
Burnside  written  orders,  for  it  would  appear  as  though  lUirnside 
had  no  definite  plan  of  his  own  as  he  abandoned  the  project 
which  he  entertained  a  few  days  previous  of  crossing  at  Skinker's 
Xeck,  ten  miles  or  so  below  the  town.  To  march  his  army  to 
Fredericksbnrg  he  proposed  to  throw  over  four  pontoon  bridges, 
one  at  the  north  and  one  at  the  center  of  the  town,  and  two 
below.  He  ordered  his  grand  division  commanders  to  concen 
trate  their  troops  near  the  proposed  bridges,  with  Sumner  near 
the  upper  and  middle  bridges  and  Franklin  at  the  bridges  below 
the  town.  "The  laying  of  four  or  five  pontoon  bridges  capable 
of  bearing  a  great  army  is  a  work  of  some  time,  and  the  crossing 
of  bridges  is  like  passing  a  defile.  To  pass  100,000  men  with 
a  numerous  artillery  over  four  or  five  bridges  is  as  far  as  pos 
sible  from  being  a  short  or  easy  affair  in  a  season  of  profound 
peace,  and  when  there  are  scores  of  long  range  guns  ready  to 


The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg.  77 

fire  upon  everv  head  of  a  column  as  it  debouches  from  its  bridge, 
a  serious  complication  is  brought  into  the  affair,  and  it  was  as 
certain  as  anything  future  that  as  soon  as  it  was  announced  that 
the  engineers  were  at  work  on  the  bridges,  the  whole  Confederate 
army  would  be  on  the  alert,  and  that  if  the  movement  appeared 
to  be  serious,  any  troops  that  might  be  on  the  river  below  would 
be  promptly  called  on  to  move  to  the  scene  of  action  as  swiftly 
as  their  swift  Southern  legs  could  carry  them,  and  it  was  alto 
gether  probable  that  they  would  not  arrive  too  late.  And  when 
it  is  remembered  that  the  bridges  were  not  thrown  early  on  the 
iith.,  and  that  the  attack  was  not  made  nor  the  army  crossed 
that  day,  nor  until  more  than  forty-eight  hours  after  work  on  the 
bridges  was  begun,  it  will  be  clear  that  all  dreams  of  a  surprise 
had  vanished,  and  that  the  circumstances  were  well  suited  to 
filling  the  minds  of  Burnside's  lieutenants  with  grave  misgiving." 

Many  of  Uurnside's  generals  advised  against  the  attack,  among 
whom  was  (General  Simmer  of  the  Second  Corps.  One  wonders 
whether  it  was  the  obstinacy  of  Burnside  or  pressure  from  Wash 
ington  impelled  him  to  make  this  attack  which  resulted  in  such  a 
fearful  sacrifice.  Certain  if  he  was  a  military  man  of  strength 
he  must  have  known  that  it  was  impracticable  and  hopeless. 

About  three  o'clock  Thursday  morning,  December  the  nth. 
work  was  begun  throwing  over  the  bridges.  The  morning  was 
foggy  and  the  work  continued  until  ten  o'clock  when  the  fog 
lifted  and  exposed  the  engineers  to  a  fierce  fusillade  of  sharp 
shooters  secreted  in  rifle-pits  and  buildings  that  skirted  the  river 
side  of  the  town.  So  determined  was  this  firing  that  the  work 
had  to  be  discontinued,  and  the  engineers  were  not  successful  in 
completing  the  bridges  until  about  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 

We  quote  from  Walker's  ''History  of  the  Second  Corps"  in 
regard  to  the  laying  of  these  bridges: — "So  complete  indeed  v\as 
the  Confederate's  command  of  the  situation,  that  when  the  work 
began  at  the  Lacey  House,  on  the  morning  of  the  nth.,  Barks- 
dale's  Mississippians  did  not  think  it  worth  while  to  interfere,  at 
first,  with  the  detachment  of  Fiftieth  Xew  York  engineers  which 
had  been  charged  with  this  duty,  but  allowed  the  bridge  to  be 
laid  nearlv  two-thirds  across  the  stream,  when,  bv  one  vollev 


78 


Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


the  pontoons  were  swept  clear  of  men.  The  position  of  the 
enemy,  thus  revealed,  was,  for  an  hour,  pounded  by  our  artillery, 
from  right  and  left,  until  it  was  supposed  that  a  sufficient  effect 
had  been  produced,  when  the  engineers  were  again  ordered  for 
ward,  but  to  no  better  effect :  then  again  and  again  the  hopeless 
effort  was  renewed.  'They  made,'  says  Lieutenant-Colonel  Fiser, 
commanding  the  Seventeenth  Mississippi,  'nine  desperate  at 
tempts  to  finish  their  bridges,  but  were  severely  punished  and 
promptly  repulsed  at  every  attempt."  ' 


Major  Lacy's  Mansion. 


We  left  the  regiment  near  Falmouth  on  the  evening  of  De 
cember  loth.  About  two  o'clock  Thursday  morning  in  camp  all 
was  bustle  and  animation,  fires  were  blazing,  men  were  hurrying 
to  and  fro,  for  the  sergeant-major  had  just  been  round  with  the 
order,  "Strike  tents,  pack  up  and  be  ready  at  six  o'clock  for  a 
march  and  a  fight."  The  men  hastened  to  obey  and  just  as  the 
day  began  to  dawn,  while  they  were  finishing  their  breakfasts, 
the  boom  of  heavy  guns  commenced,  indicating  that  the  ball  had 


The  Battle  of  Frederickrburg.  79 

opened.  13 ut  little  time  was  allowed  for  reflection  for  the  clear 
ringing  voice  of  the  lieutenant-colonel  was  heard  giving  the  order 
to  fall  in  and  in  ten  minutes  the  regiment  was  in  motion.  They 
took  a  circuitous  route  to  avoid  being  seen  by  the  enemy  and  at 
ten  o'clock  arrived  at  a  place  about  one-half  mile  in  the  lear  of 
the  Major  Lacey  house,  the  headquarters  of  General  Sumner. 
There  the  division  halted  as  the  pontoons  were  not  yet  laid. 
Among  the  sick  left  at  Belle  Plain  was  Colonel  Morris,  Com 
manding  (icneral  of  the  Second  Brigade,  which  was  now  under 
command  of  Colonel  Palmer  of  the  loSth  New  York.  The  I32d 
Pennsylvania  had  been  added  to  the  brigade.  The  experiences 
had  told  heavily  upon  the  ranks  of  the  regiment  according  to 
Sergeant  Hirst  for  while  they  took  into  the  engagement  at  An- 
tietam  800  men  only  300  muskets  left  Falmouth.  Toward  night 
fall  there  was  a  loud  and  long  continued  cheer  as  a  signal  that  the 
bridges  had  been  successfully  laid.  The  order  forward  was  given 
and  the  regiment  passing  through  a  narrow  ravine  moved  toward 
the  brink  of  the  river,  which  they  nearly  reached  when  the  order 
was  countermanded  and  the  regiment  marched  back  and  bi 
vouacked  in  the  underbrush.  This  underbrush  was  green  and 
wet  and  it  was  with  great  difficulty  that  fires  were  made  to  cook 
{.he  coffee  and  rations. 

Friday  morning,  the  12th,  dawned  clear,  calm  and  beautiful,, 
and  the  regiment  was  early  on  the  move  toward  the  Rappahan- 
nock,  passing  over  the  bridge  whose  southern  end  was  at  the 
foot  of  Hawkes  Street.  There  was  a  feeling  of  relief,  and  the 
band  seeking  to  give  expression  to  the  joy  of  reaching  the  city 
struck  up  the  tune  "Dixie."  They  were  immediately  stopped 
by  a  staff-officer  who  either  did  not  appreciate  music  just  at  that 
time  or  considered  it  indiscreet.  From  Hawkes  Street  the  regi 
ment  turned  to  the  left  into  Sophia  Street,  the  first  street  from 
the  river  and  running  parallel  with  it.  Here  they  remained  under 
arms  the  rest  of  the  day,  the  roll  being  called  as  often  as  every 
hour  to  prevent  the  men  from  straying  from  the  ranks.  The 
houses  appeared  to  have  suffered  considerably  from  the  can 
nonading  of  the  previous  day,  but  not  nearly  as  much  as  would 
have  been  supposed  from  listening  to  the  bombardment.  None 


80 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


Where  the  Regiment  crossed  the  Rappahannock. 


of  the  inhabitants  were  to  be  seen,  they  either  having1  retreated 
within  the  rebel  lines  or  were  hidden  in  cellars  to  be  out  of 
harm's  way.  Some  houses  and  stores  were  broken  open  by 
stragglers,  but  nothing  like  indiscriminate  pillage  took  place. 
The  queer  appearance  presented  by  some  of  these  stragglers  was 
very  laughable.  One  would  have  on  a  woman's  hat  or  would 
be  decorated  with  a  plume  of  peacock's  feathers,  another  would 
be  carrying  a  large  gilt  mirror  and  another  still  rejoiced  in  the 
possession  of  a  pulpit  bible.  The  feeling  of  joy  and  exaltation 
in  reaching  Fredericksburg  and  finding  it  practically  abandoned, 
which  even  prompted  the  band  to  burst  out  with  music,  gradually 
wore  away  and  there  came  over  the  regiment  a  gloomy  and 
solemn  frame  of  mind.  There  was  something  unnatural  in  the 
quiet  of  the  enemy  and  it  was  no  longer  believed  that  they  had 
retreated.  The  range  of  hills  back  of  the  town  had  a  grim  and 
threatening  appearance  ?ncl  the  suspense  began  to  tell  upon  the 


The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg.  81 

men.  Before  night  the  regiment  was  moved  to  Caroline  Street, 
halting  on  the  north  side  of  the  street,  the  right  resting  on  Hawkes 
Street  and  the  left  on  Faquier  Street.  Xight  came  on  and  the 
men  were  quartered  in  the  houses  in  that  vicinity,  but  were  al 
lowed  no  fires.  Some  of  the  men  went  down  cellar  and,  darken 
ing  the  windows,  fried  cakes  made  out  of  flour  they  found  in 
the  house,  for  supper.  Some  of  these  cakes  were  fearfully  and 
wonderfully  made,  but  they  were  an  improvement  upon  hard 
tack  and  salt  pork.  At  night  many  of  the  men  rested  in  beds 
with  one  or  two  comrades,  the  first  they  had  occupied  since  they 
left  Connecticut. 


,  ttf  i 

ill] 


Caroline  Street,  where  the  Fourteenth  rested  December  13,  1862. 


The  morning  of  the  I3th  was  foggy  and  the  position  of  the 
enemy  could  not  be  seen  nor  our  own  guns  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  river.  It  was  generally  rumored  in  the  regiment  that  it 
would  be  the  Second  Brigade  that  would  first  attack  the  strong 
hold  of  the  Confederates.  This  was  no  mistake.  About  nine 
o'clock  the  regiment  was  suddenly  ordered  to  fall  in  and  obeyed, 
leaving  their  half  cooked  salt  beef  on  the  fire.  They  marched 
to  Princess  Anne  Street  and  halted  between  the  church  and 
court  house,  the  former  of  which  was  used  as  a  hospital  and  the 


82 


Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


latter  as  a  signal  station.  The  officer  in  charge  of  this  signa1 
station  was  Lieutenant  Frederick  Fuller  of  the  I32cl  Pennsyl 
vania  Regiment,  no\v  of  the  Second  Brigade.  This  was  a  con 
spicuous  mark  for  the  Confederate  gunners,  one  of  the  upright 
posts  that  held  the  belfry  having  been  knocked  out  already.  It 
was  gratifying  to'  see  the  faithfulness  with  which  this  officer  did 
his  duty  in  such  perilous  situation.  Backward  and  forward,  up 


The  Church  and  Signal  Tower,  Princess  Anne  Street,  Fredericksburg. 


and  down,  like  a  music  master's  baton  did  this  red  signal  wave. 
The  men  of  the  regiment  watching  its  movements  in  the  quaint 
old  belfry,  sixty  feet  from  the  ground,  with  anxious  interest,  for 
they  well  knew  that  it  would  in  time  give  in  its  own  language  the 
order,  forward. 

The   regiment   was   here   ordered   to   prime   and    fix   bayonets. 
Shells   came   crashing   down   into   the   city,     tearing   down   brick 


The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg. 


83 


walls  and  scattering  death  and  destruction  around.  One  would 
fall  amid  a  group  of  men,  burst  with  noise,  and  in  a  few  moments 
pale  and  mangled  forms  with  bloody  garments  would  be  carried 
by  in  silence.  The  regimental  officers  here  dismounted  and  sent 
their  horses  back  over  the  river.  At  noon  "Forward  Fourteenth" 
was  again  the  word  and  they  moved  down  the  street,  some  times 
on  the  double  quick,  to  the  depot,  turning  square  to  the  right 
on  to  one  of  the  only  two  bridges  bv  which  they  could  cross  the 
canal  and  gain  the  plain  in  front  of  the  enemy's  position.  The 


Old  Depot.  Prussia  Street. 


firing  of  a  dozen  rebel  guns  came  to  a  focus  on  each  of  these  two 
points.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins  ran  on  foot  at  the  head  of 
the  regiment  cheering  the  men  by  his  voice  and  example.  The 
path  was  narrow  and  uneven  and  the  ranks  a  little  disordered. 
Across  the  causeway  they  filed  and  to  the  right  near  a  stone  wall, 
behind  which  a  number  of  wounded  lay.  Some  of  the  faces 
were  already  white  with  the  strange  pallor  of  death  though  it 
was  but  so  lately  that  the  fight  had  commenced.  Still  on  and 
on,  out  into  the  open  field  under  the  full  fire  of  the  enemy's  guns. 


84  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.   V.  Infantry. 

Here  the  regimental  line  was  reformed  and  the  men  ordered 
to  lie  down.  While  lying  here  several  shells  burst  directly  over 
the  left  wing  of  the  regiment,  causing  much  suffering  in  their 
ranks.  By  some  mistake  the  regiment  had  formed  in  the  rear 
of  another  regiment  and  accordingly  the  Fourteenth  had  to  about 
face,  march  back  a  few  rods,  face  to  the  front,  and  then  lie  down 
again.  Some  of  the  men  of  the  other  regiments  jeered  think 
ing  the  Fourteenth  was  in  retreat,  but  they  were  simply  obeying 
orders  and  the  regiment  showed  much  steadiness  under  such  a 
heavy  fire.  Soon  the  order  came  to  rise  and  move  forward 
again  on  the  double-quick.  This  brought  the  regiment  to  the 
very  front  just  under  the  heights  occupied  by  the  enemy's  ar 
tillery  and  very  close  to  the  sunken  road  in  which  were  posted 
the  rebel  infantry. 

Chaplain  H.  S.  Stevens  in  his  "Souvenir  of  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment"  says  concerning  this  moment: — "Into  a  'slaughter 
pen'  indeed,  were  the  men  going,  but  with  brave  hearts  they 
pushed  forward,  the  officers  cheering  them  on.  Soon  they  filed 
to  right  by  a  half  wheel,  for  this  road  was  far  to  the  left  of  the 
point  to  be  charged,  until  the  line  came  under  the  partial  shelter 
of  a  slight  mound,  and  formed  on  the  left  of  Andrews.  One 
or  two  changes  having  been  made  here  to  conform  lines  to  posi 
tions,  instructions  were  given  the  men  to  lie  close  until  ordered 
up.  The  guns  on  Taylor's  Hill  fairly  enfiladed  the  position  do 
ing  deadly  work,  particularly  at  the  left  of  the  regiment,  as  they 
did  in  the  loth  Xew  York  near.  It  was  a  moment  when  men's 
hearts  are  striken  with  a  dreadful  expectancy,  for  the  outlook 
was  horrible.  Kimball's  veterans  were  ordered  on,  and  bracing 
for  the  fray,  they  made  their  straight,  fierce  rush  at  the  stone 
wall,  only  to  be  hurled  back  by  the  leaden  storm  flung  out  at  them 
by  tiers  of  musketry  as  barks  are  beaten  back  by  raging  gales. 
Then  Andrew's  brave  fellows  were  ordered  up  to  the  charge  to 
meet  a  similar  fate.  There  was  a  rush,  a  cheer,  a  crash  of  mus 
ketry  with  a  tempest  of  bullets  driven  straight  at  their  breasts, 
and  the  lines  dissolved,  stragglers  or  clusters  firing  here  and 
there,  but  chiefly  dropping  upon  the  ground  to  be  exposed  as 
little  as  possible.  Then  the  Second  Brigade  was  ordered  'up 


The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg. 


85 


and  at  'em'.  Ah,  that  charge !  A  few  rods  brought  the  line 
to  the  flat  ground  directly  in  front  of  the  old  'Fair  Grounds',  in 
dicated  at  that  time  by  some  remaining  tall  posts  and  some  high 
boards  clinging  here  and  there  to  the  rails.  Here  Colonel  Per 
kins  shouted  his  last  command  to  the  Fourteenth.  He  dashed 
ahead  and  his  brave  boys  followed.  A  few  rods  over  ground 
every  foot  of  which  was  lashed  by  artillery,  and  the  leveled  guns 
on  the  direful  wall  coolly  waiting  spoke  out  in  unison  terrific." 


The  Sunken  Rond  in  front  of  the  Confederate  po 


\Yho  can  depict  the  horrors  of  that  scene?  \Yhat  language 
can  adequately  portray  the  awful  carnage  of  that  hour'  The 
belching  of  two  hundred  pieces  of  artillery  seemed  to  lift  the 
earth  from  its  foundation,  shells  screeched  and  burst  in  the  air 
among  the  men  as  if  possessed  with  demons  and  were  seeking 
revenge,  the  shot  from  tens  of  thousands  of  musketry  fell  like 
rain  drops  in  a  summer  shower,  brother  saw  brother  writhing  in  the 
agony  of  mortal  wounds  and  could  offer  no  succor,  comrade 
saw  comrade  with  whom  he  had  marched  shoulder  to  shoulder 


86  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

in  the  wearisome  marches  or  shared  the  meager  food  on  their 
cheerless  bivouac,  still  in  death.  Men  fell  like  pins  in  an  alley 
before  the  well  aimed  ball  of  a  skillful  bowler. 

To  still  further  quote  from  Chaplain  Stevens: — "Down  went 
Colonel  Perkins,  the  leader,  down  went  Major  Clark,  Captain 
Carpenter  and  Lieutenant  Hawley.  Captain  ( h'bbons  and  Lieu 
tenants  Stanley  and  Comes  went  down  with  mortal  wounds  and 
Lieutenant  Canfield  was  killed  outright.  ( )ther  officers  were 
slightly  wounded  and  Sergeants  Fiske  and  Foot  received  fright 
ful  wounds  ;  and  so  fell  Color-bearer  Dart  and  hosts  of  good  men 
of  the  rank  and  file.  (  )n  pressed  the  rest  as  though  thinking 
to  encompass  victory  by  their  daring,  reaching  to  within  one 
hundred  and  fifty  yards  or  less  of  the  wall,  when,  hopeless  of 
success,  most  dropped  beside  the  huge  fence  posts  or  into  little 
hollows  for  slight  protection  and  to  use  their  guns  as  best  they 
might  against  the  foe.  While  lying  by  one  of  these  posts.  Ser 
geant  Dart  and  Corporal  Symonds  of  Company  D  received  fear 
ful  face  wounds.  A  shell  struck  the  ground  near  them  and  ex 
ploded.  A  fragment  tore  ofl  most  of  the  face  of  Dart,  fright 
fully  disfiguring  him  for  life,  and  the  sharp  sand  was  driven  into 
the  eyeballs  of  Symonds,  quenching  light  there  forever.  Ser 
geant  Lyman  of  the  same  company  was  lying  close  by  these  when 
they  were  hurt  but  strangely  escaped  harm,  and  with  others  put  in 
some  good  work  with  the  rifie.  This  was  to  our  division  the 
real  end,  and  it  practically  dropped  out  of  the  fight  for  the  day." 

Major  Hincks  relates  an  incident  in  regard  to  Sergeant  Foote 
of  Company  I.  "A  bullet,  T  am  told,  struck  his  cartridge-box 
spilling  his  cartridges,  but  he  caught  one  as  it  fell  and  gaily  ram 
med  it  home  ;  a  second  shot  pierced  his  canteen  when  he  raised 
it  to  his  mouth  and  drank  from  the  escaping  water  through  the 
bullet  hole  ;  a  third  time  he  was  not  so  fortunate  for  a  bullet  struck 
his  leg  rendering  amputation  necessary  and  making  him  a  cripple 
for  life." 

Major  Hincks  further  says :— "Losing  track  of  our  regiment, 
Fred  (Doten)  and  I  went  forward  again,  but  found  it  harder 
work  than  the  first  time.  Behind  a  mound  nearly  up  to  the  front 
we  found  Colonel  Palmer  of  the  io8th  Xew  York,  sitting,  who 


The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg. 


87 


had  been  in  command  of  the  brigade.  He  could  not  tell  us 
where  to  find  either  regiment  or  brigade,  but  pointed  out  to  us 
a  color  on  the  ground  near,  which  he  thought  had  belonged  to 
the  Fourteenth.  I  partly  unrolled  it  and  on  seeing  the  three 
grape-vines  recognized  it  as  ours  and  decided  that  it  was  best 
to  confine  our  endeavors  to  bringing  this  safely  off  the  field.  We 
remained  by  this  mound  for  several  hours  and  watched  line  after 
line  of  our  troops  go  up  again  to  the  attack  only  to  be  repulsed. 
Al  length  late  in  the  afternoon  we  made  for  the  rear,  I  carrying 
the  color  in  one  hand  and  my  Sharp's  rifle  in  the  other.  Xear 


The  Ca 


which  the  Regiment  passec 


its  \\ay  to  the  charge. 


the  railroad  track  we  were  joined  by  Lieutenant  Sherman  of 
Company  ( r.  The  enemy  were  throwing  percussion  caps  at  the 
causeway  and  seemed  to  have  the  range  very  well  for  they  fre 
quently  burst  upon  it  with  a  hellish  noise.  At  length  we  got 
safelv  over,  but  it  was  nearly  ten  o'clock  before  we  found  the 
remains  of  our  regiment.  We  spent  the  night  as  the  previous 
one  in  one  of  the  houses.  Xext  morning  I  handed  the  colors  over 
to  Captain  Davis,  the  senior  officer  present." 


88  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

The  men  of  the  regiment  went  back  to  the  town  either  singly 
or  by  clusters  and  spent  the  night  much  as  they  did  the  previous 
one. 

Samuel  Fiske  ("Dunn  Browne")  says: — "A  few  torn  and  black 
ened  remnants  of  those  fine  regiments  slowly  retired  to  the  city. 
The  wounded  were  mainly  brought  off,  though  hundreds  were 
killed  in  the  benevolent  task.  The  city  is  filled  with  the  pieces 
of  brave  men  who  went  whole  into  the  conflict.  Every  basement 
and  floor  is  covered  with  pools  of  blood.  Limbs,  in  many  houses, 
lie  in  heaps ;  and  surgeons  are  exhausted  with  their  trying  labors." 

The  days  following,  Sunday  and  Monday,  the  scattered  mem 
bers  of  the  regiment  rallied  together  and  remained  with  the  rest 
of  the  division  in  line  by  the  water's  edge.  On  the  evening  of 
Monday,  the  I5th,  the  regiment  was  withdrawn  under  cover  of 
darkness  and  after  a  weary  march  through  the  mud,  reached  their 
former  camp  above  Falmouth  late  at  night,  under  the  command 
of  Captain  S.  H.  Davis  of  Company  H,  ranking  captain  of  the 
regiment. 

The  following  contribution  was  made  by  Major  Hincks  to  the 
Minutes  of  the  Regimental  Society  at  its  meeting  at  Hartford 
September  17,  1879:— 

"The  regiment  was  badly  cut  up  in  the  charge  upon  Marye's 
Heights,  and  Sergeant  Charles  E.  Dart,  of  Rockville,  who  carried 
the  State  flag,  was  mortally  wounded.  Sergeant  George  Augus 
tus  Foote  attempted  to  fill  his  place,  but  was  shot  in  the  leg  and 
fell.  His  biographer,  Captain  Goddard,  says : — 'After  lying  on 
the  field  a  short  time,  he  tried  to  rise,  but  was  instantly  fired  upon 
again  by  the  rebels,  wounding  him  slightly  in  the  head  and  in  the 
hip.  All  the  rest  of  that  awful  day,  he  lay  still  where  lie  had 
fallen.  Three  times  our  men  charged  over  him,  of  course  tramp 
ling  on  his  wounded  leg,  while  he,  half  delirious,  begged  them 
to  kill  him,  to  end  his  sufferings.  But  no  one  had  time  then  to 
attend  to  one  poor  wounded  fellow.  That  night  he  managed  to 
crawl  off  to  a  little  hut  near  the  field,  where  some  other  wounded 
men  had  hung  out  a  yellow  flag.  Here  they  lay  with  a  little 
hardtack,  and  still  less  water,  till  the  third  day  after  the  fight, 
when  they  were  visited  bv  a  rebel  officer  with  a  few  men.  He 


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spoke  roughly  to  them,  asking;,  "what  they  were  here  for?"  and 
two  or  three  began  whining  and  saying  they  'did  not  want  to 
right  the  South  but  were  drafted  and  obliged  to  come,  when 
Foote  coolly  lifted  his  head  and  said,  "1  came  to  fight  rebels,  and 
J  have  fought  them,  and  if  ever  I  get  well  1  will  come  back  and 
fight  them  again."  'Bully  for  you'  said  the  officer,  'you  are  a 
boy  that  1  like,'  and  at  once  gave  him  some  water  out  of  his  own 
canteen,  sent  one  of  his  men  for  more  water,  washed  his  leg  and 
foot  and  bound  it  up  as  well  as  he  could,  paroled  him,  and  helped 
him  across  the  river  to  the  Lacey-house  hospital.  In  fact,  he  and 
his  men  gave  him  a  blanket,  and  cheered  him  as  the  wagon 
drove  off.' 

The  State  rlag  was  picked  up,  not  far  from  the  famous  sunken 
road  held  by  the  rebel  infantry,  by  William  B.  Hincks  and 
Frederick  15.  Doten  of  Bridgeport.  Tt  remained  in  their  keeping 
through  the  day  and  they  brought  it  safely  from  the  field  at  the 
close  of  the  engagement.  Sergeant  Dart  died  at  St.  .Mary's 
Hospital,  Washington,  I).  C.,  January  6,  1863.  The  constitution 
of  Sergeant  ( afterward  Lieutenant )  Foote  was  impaired  by  his 
wound,  which  was  eventually  the  cause  of  his  death." 

Corporal,  afterwards  Second  Lieutenant,  Charles  Lyman  of 
Company  K  in  "notes  of  experience  in  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg"  gives  some  interesting  personal  incidents.  He  says : — 

"Our  regiment  went  upon  the  field  by  way  of  Caroline  Street, 
the  railroad  depot  and  railroad  causeway  turning  sharply  to  the 
right  under  a  most  galling  fire,  as  soon  as  we  were  over  the 
canal,  which  runs  between  the  town  and  the  plateau,  which  was 
the  scene  of  conflict.  After  reaching  our  proper  position  in  the 
line,  we  were  ordered  to  lie  down.  On  our  way  to  this  position, 
we  passed  three  hay  stacks,  and  I  mention  the  fact  here  be 
cause  they  will  figure  prominently  in  my  story  later  on.  While  oc 
cupying  the  position  just  mentioned,  waiting  our  turn  to  'charge,' 
we  suffered  much  from  the  enfilading  fire  of  a  Confederate  battery 
posted  on  the  high  ground  far  to  our  right.  It  was  at  this  point 
that  John  Symonds  and  Oliver  Dart  received  their  serious 
wounds,  and  not  at  the  far  front,  as  stated  by  Chaplain 
Stevens  in  his  souvenir  volume.  Svmonds  and  Dart  and  I  were 


90  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.  V.   Infantry. 

lying  side  by  side — Symonds  on  the  right.  Dart  next,  and  i  next, 
with  a  fence-post  about  four  inches  square  between  Dart's  head 
and  mine — not  a  huge  fence-post  as  stated  in  Souvenir.  A  shell 
from  the  battery  on  our  right  burst  near  us,  and  an  irregularly- 
shaped  fragment,  probably  about  three  inches  long  and  two 
inches  wide,  struck  the  ground  in  front  of  Symonds,  throwing 
sand  in  his  eyes  and  permanently  destroying  his  sight ;  lifting 
from  its  contact  with  the  ground  it  tore  a\vay  part  of  Dart's 
upper  jaw  and  nose  and  struck  the  post  directly  opposite  my 
head.  But  for  the  post  it  would  have  struck  me  in  the  right 
side  of  my  head  and  probably  produced  instant  death. 

When  our  time  came  to  charge,  and  \ve  moved  forward,  we 
had  gone  but  a  short  distance  when  John  Julian  received  his 
wound  at  my  side.  A  little  later  Irving  AI.  Charter  was  also 
wounded  at  my  side.  These  are  the  only  ones  I  recall  who  were 
wounded  while  touching  elbows  with  me  after  the  wounding  of 
Symonds  and  Dart. 

\Yhen  we  had  reached  our  farthest  advance  and  our  charge 
had  spent  its  force,  and  the  remnant  was  falling  back,  our  fire,  in 
my  vicinity  at  least,  having  wholly  ceased,  I  observed  an  officer 
come  out  of  the  Stevens  house  immediately  in  our  front,  which 
was  the  headquarters  of  General  Cobb,  who  commanded  the 
Confederate  brigade  occupying  the  road  behind  the  stone  wall 
against  which  we  had  charged,  and  apparently  survey  the  field 
now  covered  with  our  dead  and  wounded.  My  rifle  was  loaded 
and  I  took  aim  and  fired  without  apparent  result.  T  immediately 
began  reloading  for  a  second  shot,  but  before  I  was  ready  the 
man  passed  out  of  sight — either  into  or  beside  the  house — but 
almost  immediately  reappeared.  I  was  ready  and  fired  a  second 
shot,  without  effect.  A  sawed  fence-post  about  four  inches 
square  at  the  top  was  standing  immediately  in  front  of  me,  and 
as  I  was  firing  my  second  shot  a  bullet  from  the  enemy  struck 
the  corner  of  the  post,  knocked  a  splinter  off  it,  was  deflected, 
and  just  passed  my  right  side.  But  for  the  post  it  would  have 
struck  me  just  about  in  the  stomach.  My  man  remained  in 
sight  and  T  loaded  for  a  third  shot.  By  this  time  a  number  of 
bullets  came  uncomfortably  near  me.  To  get  a  steady  aim  I 


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decided  to  rest  my  rifle  on  the  top  of  the  post,  and  as  I  Drought 
it  to  my  shoulder  a  bullet  struck  the  stock  just  back  of  the 
hammer,  was  deflected  and  passed  over  my  right  shoulder.  Had 
the  ball  not  been  deflected  it  would  have  entered  my  breast.  Not 
withstanding  the  incident  1  rested  my  rifle  on  the  top  of  the  post, 
took  as  deliberate  aim  as  possible  and  fired.  The  man  fell,  and 
others  immediately  gathered  about  him.  I  turned  and  started 
to  the  rear,  noticing  as  I  did  so  that  not  a  man  was  on  his  feet 
within  many  yards,  probably  two  or  three  rods  of  me,  and  what 
was  left  of  my  regiment  was  at  least  a  hundred  yards  away, 
llullets  were  flying  very  thick  about  me  and  T  had  no  expectation 
of  getting  off  the  field  alive,  as  it  was  fully  three  hundred  yards 
to  the  nearest  cover.  I  had  not  gone  far  when  a  bullet  went 
through  my  haversack,  which  was  hanging  on  my  left  hip, 
breaking  up  the  few  hard-tack  I  had  and  punching  a  hole  through 
my  coffee  and  sugar  bags.  I  kept  moving  at  a  fast  walk,  but 
had  gone  but  a  few  yards  further  when  a  shell  burst  over  me 
and  I  felt  a  heavy  blow  between  my  shoulders  on  my  blanket  roll, 
(six  or  eight  inches  in  diameter),  which,  I  supposed,  came  from 
a  fragment  of  the  shell.  A  little  further  on  T  was  conscious  that 
a  bullet  passed  between  my  legs  about  six  inches  above  mv  knees 
and  a  hole  in  the  skirt  of  my  overcoat  was  confirmation  of  the 
fact.  Nothing  further  happened  to  me  until  I  reached  the  edge 
of  the  plateau  near  the  canal.  Here  I  found  an  excavation  into 
the  side  of  a  bank  evidently  intended  for  an  ice  house,  which 
had  not  been  finished,  only  one  side,  that  toward  the  enemy, 
having  been  planked  up.  This  excavation,  as  T  recall  it,  was 
thirty  or  forty  feet  square  and  afforded  a  complete  protection 
from  the  enemy's  rifle  fire.  I  had  scarcely  reached  the  place 
when  I  noticed  Jerry  (iracly,  a  large  muscular  Irishman  of  my 
company  (D),  crawling  in  on  his  hands  and  knees  and  noticing 
me  at  the  same  time,  he  said  "Thank  Clod,  Charles,  you  are  here." 
I  said  to  him  "Jerry,  what's  the  matter."  He  replied  "I've  got 
it."  "Where?,"  said  I.  "In  my  foot,"  said  he.  I  removed  his 
shoe  and  found  in  it  a  minnie  ball,  which  had  entered  at  the  heel, 
passed  through  the  entire  length  of  the  foot  and  come  out  be 
tween  the  toes.  The  wound  was  a  severe  one,  the  bones  of  the 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

foot,  being  badly  broken  and  crushed.  I  bound  it  up  A\ith  his 
handkerchief  as  well  as  I  could,  and  at  his  request  filled  his  clay 
pipe  with  plug-  tobacco  and  lighted  it  for  him.  While  caring 
for  Jerry,  some  one  remarked  to  me  "Your  blanket  saved  your 
life."  "How  so,"  I  said.  "There  is  a  hole  in  it,"  he  replied.  I 
removed  it,  and  sure  enough  there  was  a  hole,  the  extent  of 
which  I  could  not  measure  with  my  finger,  so  unrolled  the 
blanket,  and  found  in  it  a  minnie  ball,  which  had  passed  through 
fourteen  folds  of  it.  This  then  was  the  cause  of  the  blow  I  had 
felt  between  my  shoulders  when  coming  off  the  field  and 
evidently  the  ball  had  velocity  enough  to  have  carried  it  com 
pletely  through  my  body  but  for  the  blanket.  I  put  it  in  my 
pocket,  and  now  have  it,  more  than  forty-three  years  after  I 
"caught  it  on  the  fly." 

During  the  remainder  of  the  afternoon  and  until  quite  dark  I 
remained  in  this  excavation,  rendering  such  assistance  to  the 
wounded — of  whom  there  were  probably  a  hundred  before  the 
day  was  over — as  the  extremely  limited  facilities  at  hand 
permitted.  In  binding  up  wounds  and  stopping  the  flow  of  blood 
I  used  handkerchiefs,  pieces  of  blankets,  which  T  cut  up  for  the 
purpose,  and  even  the  shirts  of  the  wounded.  I  have  always 
looked  back  upon  the  time  spent  in  that  place  with  great  satis 
faction,  because  of  the  comfort  I  was  able  to  minister  to  the  poor 
fellows  who  were  wounded  in  all  degrees,  from  simple  scratches 
to  the  most  ghastly  lacerations.  I  may  have  saved  the  lives  of 
some, — probably  did.  Though  a  boy  of  nineteen,  I  tried  to  do 
a  man's  and  surgeon's  wTork  that  day. 

As  the  night  came  on  and  the  fighting  ceased,  I  determined 
to  get  Jerry  Grady  to  a  hospital  in  the  city,  if  possible.  I  there 
fore  got  him  on  my  back,  with  his  arms  around  my  neck,  taking 
a  leg  under  each  of  my  arms,  and  started  by  way  of  the  railroad 
station,  the  route  by  which  we  had  come  on  the  field.  By  the 
time  I  had  reached  the  hay-stacks,  I  was  so  nearly  exhausted 
that  I  was  sure  I  would  not  be  able  to  get  him  into  town  without 
help,  and  as  there  was  no  help  to  be  had,  decided  to  get  up  as  near 
to  a  hay-stack  as  possible,  placing  it  between  us  and  the  enemy, 
and  make  the  night  of  it  there.  On  reaching  the  place  i  found 


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the  ground  literally  covered  with  corpses,  with  not  a  space  among 
them  large  enough  to  accommodate  two  men,  so  I  laid  Jerry 
down  and  went  within  fifteen  or  twenty  feet  of  the  first  stack  and 
moved  several  bodies,  making  a  clear  space  about  six  feet  square, 
then  went  back  on  the  field  and  picked  up  several  blankets  any 
number  of  which  could  be  found  scattered  about,  and  made  as 
comfortable  a  bed  as  possible  in  the  space  I  had  cleared.  Into 
this  bed  I  put  Jerry,  and  then  lay  down  beside  him.  Here  we 
spent  the  night,  and  both  slept  some,  I,  more  than  he,  because 
I  was  without  pain,  while  he  suffered  intensely.  Early  in  the 
morning  I  started  for  town  by  way  of  Hanover  Street  to  get 
help,  and  as  there  was  yet  no  truce  for  burying  the  dead,  the 
sharp-shooters  of  the  enemy  gave  me  a  pretty  warm  reception 
while  exposed  to  their  fire.  Xone  of  them,  however,  made  a  hit. 
I  first  applied  for  help  at  a  temporary  hospital,  located  in  a 
wagon  shop,  just  in  the  edge  of  the  town,  but  found  no  one  there 
willing  to  go  back  on  the  field  with  me.  Continuing  the  search 
further,  for  perhaps  an  hour,  I  finally  found  a  man  who  was 
willing  to  take  the  risks  involved  and  go  with  me.  I  felt  then 
that  this  man  had  the  true  spirit  of  a  soldier  and  comrade,  and 
told  him  so,  and  thanked  him  as  warmly  as  I  could  for  his  will 
ingness  to  render  a  service  of  humanity,  which  involved  real 
danger  from  the  sharp-shooters'  fire.  Through  the  protecting 
care  of  a  kind  Providence,  or  the  bad  markmanship  of  the  sharp 
shooters,  we  went  to  the  haystack  and  returned  with  our  burden 
without  harm,  though  many  bullets  came  uncomfortably  near  us. 
We  left  Jerry  in  the  wagon  shop  where  I  had  first  gone  for  help, 
and  after  he  had  been  made  as  comfortable  as  possible,  I  started 
off  in  search  of  my  regiment,  which  after  some  time,  I  found 
near  where  it  was  bivouacked  the  night  before  the  battle,  and  was 
welcomed  as  one  come  back  from  the  dead. 

The  next  night  I  was  detailed  for  service  at  our  Division 
hospital,  which  had  been  established  at  a  house  on  the  street 
nearest  the  river,  with  large  grounds  about  it,  and  several  very 
large  trees  in  the  grounds  back  of  and  at  the  side  of  the  house. 
The  wounded  officers  were  mostly  cared  for  in  the  house,  and 
the  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  in  the  grounds  outside. 


94 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


When  I  reached  the  hospital  T  found  my  friend  Gracly  there, 
and  up  to  that  time  his  wound  had  received  absolutely  no  attention 
whatever  since  the  very  rude  and  inadequate  dressing  I  had 
given  it  on  the  field.  It  was  now  my  privilege  to  cleanse  it  with 
soap  and  water  and  aid  the  surgeon  in  giving  it  such  attention  as 
the  circumstances  permitted. 

Of  the  many  incidents  connected  with  the  night's  service,  T 
will  mention  only  two.  Sitting  with  his  back  leaning  against  one 
of  the  large  trees  was  a  rather  frail  but  intelligent  and  refined 


The  Division  Hospital. 


looking  boy,  making  no  complaint,  but  waiting  with  infinite 
patience  his  turn  for  attention.  I  brought  him  a  cup  of  warm 
broth,  a  part  of  which  he  took,  and  looked  the  gratitude  which  he 
could  only  faintly  express.  A  half-hour  later  I  went  to  him  again 
and  found  that  the  muster-out  had  already  come  to  him  and 
through  tearful  eyes  I  looked  into  the  most  calm  and  beautifully 
peaceful  face  that  I  had  ever,  up  to  that  time,  or  have  ever  since 
beheld.  That  face  is  still  photographed  in  my  memory  and 
whenever  recalled  has  been  a  benediction. 

Well  towards  midnight  a  man  was  put  upon  the  rude  operating 


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table  under  a  big"  buttonball  tree  in  the  yard,  back  of  the  house, 
for  an  amputation  of  the  leg"  above  the  knee  and  I  called  to  as 
sist.  My  function  was  to  sit  on  a  cracker  box  opposite  the 
surgeon  with  a  candle  in  each  hand,  and  by  the  light  of  these  two 
candles  the  amputation  was  made.  As  it  was  the  first  amputation 
I  had  witnessed  it  was  to  me  intensely  interesting  and  what  I  re 
member  about  it  especially  was  the  manner  in  which  the  surgeon 
handled  the  knife  and  the  saw,  and  that  it  was  a  "flap"  operation. 

In  this  recital  1  have  endeavored  to  confine  myself  to  experi 
ences  that  were  individual  to  me  and  were  not  common  to  others. 
What  else  I  did  during  that  dreadful  day  of  December  13,  1862, 
and  the  two  nights  following  is  not  here  recorded.  It  is  simply 
what  everv  other  soldier  did  who  went  on  to  that  field  of 
carnage." 

The  loss  to  the  regiment  was  killed,  I  commissioned  officer,  9 
enlisted  men  ;  wounded,  10  commissioned  officers,  82  enlisted  men  ; 
missing,  20  enlisted  men  ;  total  loss,  122. 

The  following  is  the  official  report  of  Sergeant-Major  J.  G. 
I'elton  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 

"Headquarters  I4th  Regiment  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
Xear  Falmouth,  Ya.,  December   Kjth,   1862. 

Adjutant-General  J.  D.  \Yilliams, 

Sir : — I  have  the  honor  of  submitting  to  you  the  following  list 
of  casualties  in  the  I4th  Regiment  Connecticut  Volunteers,  dur 
ing  the  action  at  Fredericksburg,  Ya.,  on  the  I3th  of  the  present 
month : — 

Lieutenant-Colonel,  Sanford  H.  Perkins,  wounded  in  neck, 
severely. 

Major,  Cyrus  C.  Clark,  contusion  in  side. 

Company  A.  Killed,  Private,  George  Carlock ;  wounded, 
Corporal,  Frederick  Standish,  in  hand,  Privates,  David  B.  Burr, 
in  ankle,  John  Hannagan,  in  wrist,  slightly,  Richard  \Yallace,  in 
leg,  slightly,  Joseph  Hart,  in  chest,  slightly ;  missing,  Private, 
Henry  Brown. 

Company  B.  Killed,  Lieutenant,  David  E.  Canfield  ;  wounded, 
Captain,  E.  W.  Gibbons,  since  died,  Sergeants,  Horatio  X.  Shaw, 


96  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

in  arm,  severely,  G.  A.  Hubbard,  stunned  by  shell,  slightly, 
Corporals,  Henry  A.  Lloyd,  in  arm,  severely,  William  H.  John 
son,  in  arm  and  side,  severely.  Privates,  David  B.  Lincoln,  since 
died,  Daniel  H.  Otis,  since  died,  Charles  S.  Brooks,  in  leg, 
severely,  James  H.  Marble,  in  leg,  severely,  John  E.  Vanderwort, 
in  leg,  slightly,  Joseph  H.  Hilliker,  in  eye,  seriously,  William  H. 
Johnson,  seriously,  missing;  missing.  Privates,  Edwin  Strand, 
Dwight  Wolcott,  Enoch  Wilcox,  William  B.  Hilliker. 

Company  C.  Wounded,  Captain,  Samuel  W.  Carpenter,  in 
foot,  Sergeant,  Henry  L.  Snagg,  in  leg,  Private,  John  Mnlville, 
in  shoulder;  missing.  Privates,  Frank  J.  Percy,  Thomas  Farrell. 

Company  D.  Killed,  Private,  Edward  McMann ;  wounded. 
Sergeant,  Oliver  Dart,  in  face,  severely,  Corporal,  John  Syrnonds, 
in  face,  severely.  Privates,  Charles  E.  Dart,  in  leg,  Joseph  Hirst, 
in  legs,  severely,  Jeremiah  Gready,  in  foot,  severely,  Solomon 
Richardson,  in  leg,  Martin  McShane,  in  hand,  August  Gross,  in 
side,  slightly,  John  Julian,  in  foot,  slightly,  Irving  M.  Charter, 
in  thigh,  slightly;  missing,  Privates,  Martin  V.  B.  Metcalf, 
Albert  Town,  John  McPherson,  Charles  Fletcher. 

Company  E.  Wounded,  Captain,  William  H.  Tubbs.  in  neck, 
slightly,  Privates,  Emerson  X".  Bailey,  in  foot,  slightly,  James 
Alaher.  in  hand,  slightly,  Henry  R.  Frisbie,  in  leg,  slightly, 
Frederick  Rappenheng,  in  arm  and  side,  severely,  Michael  Cun 
ningham,  in  arm  and  side,  severely,  Franklin  Dwight,  in  leg  and 
side,  severely,  Edward  Riley,  in  arm  and  head,  severely, 
Harmon  Farmer,  through  the  breast,  severely,  James  McCor- 
mick,  in  leg,  severely,  George  Bull,  in  foot,  slightly. 

Company  F.  Killed,  Corporals,  Thomas  Hart,  Birdsey  B. 
Beckley ;  wounded,  ist  Lieutenant,  Theodore  A.  Stanley, 
mortally,  2cl  Lieutenant,  William  A.  Comes,  in  thigh,  severely, 
Sergeants,  Wilbur  D.  Fiske,  in  breast,  severely,  Elisha  B,  Booth, 
legs  and  ribs,  severely,  Corporals,  Trwin  B.  Spencer,  in  knee, 
severely,  George  H.  Lewis,  in  knee,  slightly,  Privates,  James 
Swain,  in  head,  side  and  leg,  severely,  John  Manderville,  in  heel, 
slightly,  Charles  M.  Norton,  in  wrist,  slightly,  Chauncey  T. 
Parks,  in  shoulder  and  leg,  severely,  William  H.  Scoville,  in 
wrist,  slightly,  Frederick  B.  Thatcher,  in  knee,  slightly,  William 


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Ashwell,  in  knee,  slightly,  Daniel  Steele,  in  knee,  and  missing, 
Sylvester  Steele,  wounded  and  missing  ;  missing,  Privates,  John 
Cogan,  Thomas  Keogh.  Chester  X.  Weslan. 

Company  G.  Wounded,  2(1  Lieutenant,  Henry  P.  GoMard, 
in  leg,  slightly.  Sergeant,  Xathan  B.  Clemens,  in  head,  slightly, 
Corporals,  Frederick  Ward,  in  side,  severely,  Flenry  D.  Knowles, 
in  arm,  Privates,  William  H.  Morgan,  in  back  and  heel,  slightly, 
George  Stannard,  in  arm  and  side ;  missing,  Privates,  Edson 
Spencer,  Edward  Wilcox. 

Company  H.  Killed,  Sergeant,  Robert  Barry,  Corporal,  John 
Calkins,  Private,  John  Minor;  wounded,  Corporal,  Erastus  Per 
kins,  in  head,  Privates,  William  Glossenger,  in  head,  Robert 
Chadwick,  leg  and  arm,  Edward  Mitchell,  leg  and  knee;  missing, 
Privates,  William  FT.  Mills,  Elias  L.  Jerome. 

Company  I.  Killed,  Privates,  \Villiam  E.  Norton,  Xelson 
Hodge  ;  wounded.  Captain,  Isaac  R.  Bronson,  in  bowels,  slightly, 
ist  Sergeant,  Edward  L.  Fox,  in  hand  and  hip,  severely.  Ser 
geant,  George  A.  Foote,  Jr.,  in  leg,  severely,  Corporals,  William 
Douglass,  in  shoulder  and  hip,  severely,  William  H.  Seward,  in 
leg,  slightly,  Francis  S.  Scranton,  in  breast,  severely,  Privates, 
William  M.  Cause,  since  died,  Frederick  Beardsley,  in  heel, 
Charles  H.  Derby,  in  foot,  slightly,  James  Hearty,  in  leg,  severely, 
Joseph  Janot,  in  hand,  slightly,  James  Langdon,  in  arm,  severely, 
Andrew  Murphy,  in  ear,  slightly,  Bernard  Starkey,  in  shoulder, 
severely,  Charles  Simonds,  in  both  legs,  severely,  Edison  Scott, 
in  hip,  slightly  ;  missing,  Private,  William  Mansfield. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  2cl  Lieutenant,  Frederick  B.  Hawley, 
in  foot,  Sergeant,  Junius  E.  Goodwin,  in  leg,  slightly,  Privates, 
William  X.  Carroll,  in  leg  and  arm,  severely,  Xelson  J.  Bement, 
in  hand,  slightly,  Roland  Rising,  in  hand,  severely,  Alfred  T. 
Symonds,  in  leg,  slightly,  J.  L.  D.  Otis,  in  head,  severely  ;  missing, 
Private,  Frank  Laughlin. 

I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.  G.  PKLTOX,  Sergeant-Major,  I4th  C.  V. 

CAPTAIX  SAMUEL  H.  DAVIS, 

Commanding  Regiment." 


98  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

Captain  Elijah  W.  Gibbons,  of  Company  B,  was  born  in  New 
York  City  November  9th,  1831.  He  resided  in  Middietown 
nearly  all  his  life  until  his  enlistment,  his  occupation  that  of  a 
cabinet  maker  and  painter.  He  enlisted  in  the  first  call  for 
troops  May  22(1,  1861,  in  the  4th  Connecticut,  which  afterwards 
became  the  ist  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery,  and  was  elected  2d 
Lieutenant  Cocpany  G.  He  held  this  position  until  A  Fay  6th, 
1862,  when  he  resigned  and  returned  to  Middietown.  \Yhen  the 
new  call  for  troops  was  made,  he  specdilv  enlisted  a  full  company 
of  the  young  men  of  Middietown.  Henry  P.  Goddard,  after 
wards  captain  of  Company  1>,  says  of  him  : — "A  personal  pride  in 
dear  old  'B'  Company  doubtless  affects  my  judgment,  but  I 
think  no  survivor  of  the  regiment  but  will  agree  with  me  that  no 
company  in  the  regiment,  all  things  considered,  ever  looked  or 
did  much  better.  And  this  was  owing  to  one  man  more  than  any 
other,  and  that  man  was  Elijah  W.  Gibbons.  He  showed  what 
could  be  done  and  what  should  should  be  done  for  men,  and 
officers  and  men  should  alike  bless  his  memory.  Erom  the  time 
the  regiment  left  Hartford  until  his  mortal  wound,  he  was  n?ver 
absent  from  his  company  a  day.  He  led  them  gallantly  at  Antie- 
tam,  where,  by  a  quick  flank  movement  of  his  company,  he  en 
abled  the  regiment  to  capture  a  large  posse  of  rebels  in  the 
famous  Roulette  house.  At  Fredericksburg  he  was  advancing 
courageously  with  the  regiment  when  a  rebel  ball  shattered  his 
thigh,  and  he  fell.  He  was  picked  up  by  the  men  who  loved  him 
so  dearly,  and  conveyed  to  the  Falmouth  side  of  the  river,  where 
he  lingered  in  great  suffering,  but  sweet  resignation,  for  six  days, 
until  the  njth  of  December,  when  he  died."  His  body  was  in 
terred  with  military  honors,  but  subsequently  removed  to  Middle- 
town. 

Second  Lieutenant  William  A.  Comes  was  born  near  Danbury, 
about  1836.  He  was  a  stone  cutter  in  New  Haven  at  the  time 
of  his  enlistment,  June  T2th,  1862,  as  a  quartermaster-sergeant 
of  the  Fourteenth  and  was  commissioned  a  second  lieutenant 
September  i/th,  1862.  and  was  assigned  to  Company  F.  He 
began  to  study  enthusiastically  the  duties  of  his  position  which 
he  had  partially  accomplished  when  he  was  terribly  wounded  in 


The   Battle  of  Fredericksburg.  99 

the  groin  at  the  charge  at  Fredericksburg.  Limping  back  to  the 
hospital,  unmindful  of  his  own  injuries,  he  met  his  nearest  friend, 
Drum-Major  John  McCarthy,  who  called  a  surgeon  and  ad:,  mis 
tered  to  him  many  comforts.  All  hopes  by  his  friends  for  his 
recover}'  were  blasted  by  his  death  December  2ist.  1862.  Cap 
tain  Goddard  said: — "I  can  testify  that  he  was  a  pure  and  honest 
man.  Xot  brilliant  or  dashing,  he  was  faithful  and  anxious  to 
do  well  whatever  was  set  him  to  do." 

First  Lieutenant  Theodore  A.  Stanley  was  a  native  of  New 
Britain,  being  born  July  22,  1833.  He  went  to  Xew  York  to 
learn  the  mercantile  business,  remaining  until  he  was  23,  when 
he  returned  home  to  take  charge  of  an  important  manufacturing 
business.  He  sacrificed  all  business  interests  and  devoted  his 
energy  to  the  organization  of  Company  R.  He  was  chosen 
second  lieutenant.  Stanley  distinguished  himself  at  Antietam 
by  his  coolness  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  Captain  Btinn  of 
that  company  being  killed  in  the  engagement.  First  Lieutenant 
Moore  was  chosen  captain  and  Stanley  was  chosen  first  lieu 
tenant.  Captain  Godrlard  says: — "At  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg,  he  was  in  command  of  his  company  (the  captain  being  on 
detached  service  at  the  time ) ,  and  led  his  men  in  that  grand 
charge  on  the  rebel  batteries  on  Marye's  Heights,  when  the 
storm  of  shot  and  shell,  grape  and  canister,  blackened  the  air  for 
hours.  In  this  charge  Lieutenant  Stanley  fell  mortally  wounded 
by  a  musket  ball  through  the  lungs.  While  being  carried  back- 
to  the  city,  in  expectation  of  immediate  death,  he  told  his  com 
rades  to  leave  him  on  the  field  and  take  care  of  themselves.  But 
he  survived  to  be  removed  across  the  river,  and  afterward  to 
Armory  Square  Hospital,  at  \Yashington.  where,  after  eighteen 
days  of  suffering,  much  of  which  was  intense,  yet  which  could 
not  shake  his  faith  in  the  Savior  in  whom  he  believed,  his  life 
ebbed  out  with  the  dying  year,  on  the  3ist  of  December.  1862. 
His  body  was  removed  to  Xew  Britain  and  buried  with  military 
honors."  Lieutenant  Stanley  was  very  quiet  and  reticent  with 
strangers,  and  was  not  well  known  to  many  in  the  regiment,  but 
his  colonel  truly  said : — "He  was  always  found  to  the  front,  and 
the  officers  and  men  of  his  own  company  testify  to  his  uniform 
regard  for  their  comfort  and  welfare." 


1  00  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Second  Lieutenant  David  E.  Canfield,  of  Company  B,  was  a 
native  of  Xew  Jersey  and  was  twenty-three  years  of  age  at  the 
time  of  his  enlistment.  He  lived  for  several  years  in  Middletown 
and  then  removed  to  Xew  Haven,  where  the  call  for  the  Four 
teenth  aroused  his  patriotism,  when  he  went  to  Middletown  and 
enlisted  in  Company  K.  Before  the  regiment  left  the  state  he 
was  made  ist  sergeant  of  his  company  and  November  nth  was 
promoted  to  be  2cl  lieutenant  of  B  Company.  He  was  very  much 
beloved  by  the  company  as  he  had  been  by  the  members  of  Com 
pany  K  before.  Captain  Goddard  says  in  his  "Memorial  of  De 
ceased  Officers  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment" : — "The  night  of 
December  I2th,  1862,  Lieutenant  Canfield,  Captain  Gibbons, 
Captain  (then  Lieutenant)  Sherman,  and  the  writer,  occupied  the 
same  quarters  in  a  shot-ridden  house  in  the  then  just  captured 
city  of  Fredericksburg.  Never  shall  I  forget  the  scene  as  Cap 
tain  Gibbons  read  us  from  an  old  Bible  found  in  the  house,  till 
the  flickering  fire-light  by  which  he  read  died  out,  and  bidding 
us  each  good-night,  he  retired.  Gibbons  was  in  his  sweetest 
mood  that  night,  and  Canfield  made  many  anxious  inquiries  as 
to  his  views  of  life  and  death,  and  announcing  his  willingness  to 
face  the  grim  conqueror  for  the  sake  of  his  country  and  God,  re 
lapsed  into  silence.  That  was  our  last  night  together." 

The  following  are  the  reports  of  Colonel  O.  H.  Palmer,  Com 
manding  General  of  the  Second  Brigade,  and  of  Captain  S.  H. 
Davis,  commanding  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  the  former  to 
Lieutenant  J.  W.  Plume,  Acting  Adjutant  French's  Division 
and  the  latter  to  Colonel  Palmer,  commanding  Second  Brig 
ade: — 

"Headquarters  Second  Brigade,  Camp  near  Falmouth,  Va., 

December  18.  1862. 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  that,  pursuant  to  order,  my  com 
mand  was  put  under  arms  at  7  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  Decem 
ber  11,  instant,  and  proceeded  to  a  point  on  the  railroad 
opposite  the  city  of  Fredericksburg,  for  the  purpose  of  crossing 
the  Rappahannock  into  Fredericksburg  upon  the  completion  of 
the  pontoon  bridges,  then  being  laid  for  that  object.  By  reason 


The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg.  101 

of  the  delay  in  the  completion  of  the  bridges  the  command  did 
not  cross  that  day,  but  bivouacked,  as  directed,  near  the  place  of 
crossing. 

On  the  morning  of  December  12,  the  command  was  again 
under  arms  at  about  7  o'clock  and,  pursuant  to  order,  crossed 
the  river  at  about  8  o'clock  in  the  morning  into  Fredericksburg. 
During  the  day  the  command  remained  under  arms  in  the  streets 
of  the  city,  and  were  cantoned  in  the  vacant  houses  and  buildings 
during  the  night  of  the  I2th.  On  the  morning  of  the  next  day, 
the  13th,  the  command  was  again  put  under  arms,  and  at  about 
JO  o'clock  moved  forward  as  directed,  following  the  Third 
Brigade  to  the  front,  leaving  the  town  by  way  of  the  railroad 
depot,  and  formed  in  line  of  battle  in  front  of  the  enemy's  in- 
trenchments,  150  yards  in  rear  of  the  Third  Brigade.  After 
leaving  the  city,  and  upon  filing  to  the  right,  to  pass  through  the 
depot,  the  fire  of  the  enemy  was  very  severe.  Their  guns  ap 
peared  to  have  the  exact  range  of  this  passage,  and  the  prompt 
ness  and  firmness  of  the  troops  in  making  this  passage,  and 
forming  in  order  under  such  a  fire  in  front,  and  also  a  severe 
cross  fire  from  the  enemy's  guns  on  the  right,  was  highly  credit 
able  to  their  firmness  and  bravery.  After  forming  in  line  of 
battle,  the  command  remained  in  position  about  twenty  minutes, 
and  was  then  ordered  to  advance  in  line  of  battle  upon  the 
enemy's  works,  and  the  advance  was  made  in  order  at  double- 
quick  in  the  face  of  a  terrible  fire  ;  but  it  was  found  impossible 
to  dislodge  the  enemy  from  their  position.  In  fact  the  fire 
of  our  troops  could  not  be  made  effective,  but  that  of  the  enemy 
was  terribly  effective.  After  sustaining  this  fire  until  their 
ammunition  was  exhausted,  and  until  other  troops  were  ordered 
forward  to  their  relief,  they  were  ordered  to  fall  back.  Part  of 
the  command,  however,  remained  on  the  field  until  nearly  dark. 

The  conduct  of  the  officers  and  men  was  highly  commendable. 
It  pains  me,  however,  to  report  that  Colonel  Henry  I.  Zinn,  of 
the  (  )ne  Hundred  and  Thirtieth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  a 
brave  and  gallant  officer  and  a  noble  man,  was  killed  early  in  the 
engagement  by  a  musket-ball  while  fearlessly  cheering  on  his 
men.  I  regret  also  to  report  that  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sanford 


1  02  Fourteenth   Regiment,  LC.   V.   Infantry. 

H.  Perkins,  in  command  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volun 
teers,  a  brave  and  fearless  officer,  was  severely  wounded  in  the 
neck  by  a  musket-ball  while  nobly  discharging  his  duty  at  the 
head  of  his  regiment,  and  had  to  be  carried  from  the  field. 
Major  Cyrus  C.  Clark,  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volun 
teers,  a  brave  officer,  was  also  wounded  in  the  side  by  a  shell 
while  making  the  passage  to  the  field,  but  it  is  believed  not  seri 
ously. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  3  commissioned  officers  were 
killed  and  13  wounded.  Privates,  killed,  10;  wounded,  192; 
missing,  not  known  whether  killed  or  wounded,  64. 

On  the  night  of  the  13th,  my  command  was  again  cantoned 
in  the  city,  and  on  the  morning  of  December  i_|.th,  was  marched 
to  the  rear  of  the  town,  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  and  re 
mained  there  under  arms  and  in  bivouac  until  8  o'clock  on  the 
evening  of  the  I5th,  at  which  time  it  was  marched,  as  ordered, 
to  its  present  camp  near  Falmouth. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

( ).  11.  PALMER, 

Colonel,  Commanding  Second  Brigade. 
LIKUTKXAXT  J.  W.  PLTMK, 
Acting-Assistant  Adjutant-General,  French's   (Third)   Division." 

"Near  Falmouth,  Va.,  December  18,   1862 

Colonel:  I  have  the  honor,  in  accordance  with  orders  received 
today,  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the  participation  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment  in  the  events  from  the  loth  to  the  I5th  of 
the  present  month. 

We  received  marching  orders  on  the  night  of  the  loth  and  the 
next  morning  at  six  o'clock  marched  to  a  position  in  front  of 
Fredericksburg.  Remained  there  under  arms  during  the  clay, 
bivouacked  at  night,  and  on  the  morning  of  the  I2th,  crossed 
the  river  and  lay  under  the  fire  of  the  enemy  that  day  in  one  of 
the  streets  of  the  city.  About  10  A.  M.  on  the  I3th,  the  regiment 
was  placed  under  arms,  and,  after  some  delays,  moved  at  a 
double-quick  out  to  the  front  as  soon  as  practicable.  We  formed 
in  line  of  battle,  and  lav  down  to  wait  for  orders.  We  were  ex- 


The  Battle  of  Fredericksburg.  103 

posed  here  to  a  very  severe  cross-fire  of  artillery,  which  proved 
very  destructive.  After  two  or  three  efforts,  we  finally  sue 
ceeded  in  gaining-  the  front  of  the  fight — the  men,  cheered  on  b\ 
their  officers,  moving  up  in  splendid  style,  and  with  the  steadi 
ness  of  veterans.  We  remained  under  a  terribly  hot  fire  of  in 
fantry  and  artillery  until  our  division  was  relieved,  when  we 
marched  off  the  field,  bringing  off  most  of  our  dead  and  wounded. 
r\\)o  much  praise  cannot  be  bestowed  upon  our  gallant  Lieu 
tenant-Colonel,  who  led  us,  standing  in  the  very  front  of  the 
fight  till  he  fell  severely  wounded,  and  inspiring  all  with  new- 
courage  and  steadiness.  The  entire  regiment,  both  officers  and 
men,  are  worthy  of  all  praise  for  their  bearing  in  battle,  and  to 
single  out  special  instances  for  enconium  would  be  injustice  to  all. 
The  report  of  the  casualties  in  the  command  I  have  already  for 
warded. 

Respectfully  your  obedient  servant, 

S.  H.  DAVIS, 
Captain,  commanding  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers. 

COLONEL  O.   11.   PAL.MKK, 

Commanding  Second  Brigade." 


The  Fair  Grounds,"  where  the  Fourteenth  charged. 


The  Shore  of  the  Rappahannock  picketed  by  the  Fourteenth  during- 
the  winter  of  1862-3. 


CHAPTER  VI. 
The  Winter  at  Falmouth. 

Who  can  wonder  that  the  torn  and  shattered  little  remnant  of 
the  regiment  went  hack  to  their  camp  near  the  dingy  old  town 
of  Falmouth  with  bleeding  hearts  and  depressed  spirits?  Five 
days  before  it  had  left  camp,  since  which  time  how  much  had 
been  lost !  The  men  had  seen  the  cause  for  which  they  had 
taken  their  lives  in  their  hands,  left  their  homes  with  all  their 
interests,  to  defend  and  reestablish,  thrown  back  and  repulsed. 
In  these  dark  moments  when  the  tension  of  the  heart  strings 
was  so  intense  as  to  be  nearly  breaking,  they  felt  that  their  lives 
were  being  made  the  playthings  of  high  officers  in  command. 
That  they  were  sacrificed  and  imperiled  along  the  wandering 
banks  of  the  Antietam,  through  the  blunderings  of  incompetency, 
and  thrown  against  the  impregnable  intrenchments  that  skirted 
Marye's  Heights  by  obstinate  stupidity.  Those  indeed  were 
dark  days  for  the  regiment  on  the  Falmouth  plains.  The  men 
moved  about  in  the  duties  of  the  camp  with  sad  hearts  and  de 
jected  mien.  At  every  turn  they  missed  many  of  the  familiar 
faces  of  officers  and  comrades.  Lieutentant-Colonel  Perkins,  the 
commander  of  the  regiment  most  of  the  time  since  it  left  Con 
necticut,  had  fallen  from  wounds,  from  which  he  never  recovered 
sufficiently  to  take  command  again.  He  was  an  efficient  officer, 
always  being  at  the  head  of  the  regiment  to  cheer  and  encourage, 

(104) 


The  Winter  at  Falmouth.  105 

and  was  dear  to  the  hearts  of  the  men.  This  was  the  shadow 
which  overhung  the  whole  regiment.  Every  company  met  with 
its  own  peculiar  loss.  Of  one  it  was  the  captain  who  was  loved 
for  his  sterling  integrity,  bravery  and  counsel,  another  had  lost 
the  genial  comrade  wdio  gave  life  and  zest  to  the  camp  by  wit  or 
song ;  of  others  it  was  the  trusted  lieutenant  or  faithful  sergeant. 
Such  a  fatality  had  there  been  among  the  officers  of  the  regiment 
that  there  seemed  to  be  little  form  of  organization  and  many  of 
the  letters  to  friends  remarked  "we  have  practically  no  officers." 

The  men  began  immediately  to  finish  the  log  huts  which  they 
had  begun  before  leaving  for  Fredericksburg.  There  was  no 
roll  call  or  dress  parade.  There  was  much  sickness  and  the 
general  feeling  of  despondency  continued.  Along  some  lines 
there  was  an  improvement  as  there  were  rations  of  onions  and 
potatoes  isued  for  almost  the  first  time  since  leaving  Hartford  and 
new  knapsacks  were  distributed  to  take  the  place  of  the  ones 
left  at  Fort  Ethan  Allen.  As  the  hospital  accommodations  were 
inadequate  and  meager,  the  wounded  did  not  receive  proper  care 
and  doubtless  many  lives  wrere  sacrificed  on  this  acount.  Of 
the  condition  of  these  hospitals  Medical  Inspector  General 
Thomas  F.  Perley  reports  to  Brigadier-General  William  A  Ham 
mond,  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States  Army.  He  says 
under  date  about  this  time: — "There  is  very  general  complaint 
of  want  of  supplies  necessary  to  the  health  of  the  soldiers  and  to 
the  effective  administration  of  the  field  hospitals.  The  supply 
table,  substituted  by  the  director  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
for  that  authorized  by  regulation,  is  considered  insufficient  by 
regimental  surgeons,  some  articles  being  in  excess  and  others 
deficient.  The  regimental  hospitals  are  very  destitute  of  furni 
ture  of  all  kinds,  and  the  surgeons  say  they  can  get  none.  At 
this  time  of  year  bed-sacks  are  indispensable  and  should  be  fur 
nished.  The  surgeons  say  they  can  always  get  hay  to  fill  them. 
The  stoves  provided  for  the  tents  are  nearly  worthless  for  the 
purpose.  The  supply  of  provisions  for  the  sick  and  wounded  is 
just  the  commissary's  issue  of  government  rations,  and  includes 
neither  fresh  bread  nor  fresh  vegetables.  There  is  no  supply,  or 
nearly  none,  of  suitable  articles  of  food  from  the  medical  pur- 


106 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


vevors,  as  concentrated  milk,  farina,  etc.  The  hospital  clothing 
is  very  deficient.  Many  men,  lying  sick  of  typhoid  fever  at  the 
time  the  army  broke  camp  to  cross  the  river  to  Fredericksburg, 
left  in  post  hospitals,  were  frost-bitten. 

I  do  not  believe  T  have  ever  seen  greater  misery  from  sickness 
than  exists  now  in  our  Army  of  the  Potomac.  In  some  regi 
ments  which  have  been  long  in  the  field,  from  which  the  more 
feeble  men  have  been  weeded  out,  and  the  numbers  reduced  to 


On  Picket— Making  Coffee. 


two  hundred  or  three  hundred  men  by  casualties  and  disease, 
where  medical  officers  have  acquired  experience  from  long  ser 
vice  in  the  field,  the  regimental  hospitals  are  tolerably  comfort 
able  in  their  appointments.  In  these  regiments,  however,  there 
are  few  or  no  patients  in  hospital,  and  the  surgeons  say  they  have 
very  few  supplies,  such  as  are  needed  by  sick  men,  and  can  get 
them  only  with  great  difficulty." 

Although  Captain  Gibbons  of  Company  B  was  so  seriously 
wounded  at  Fredericksburg  as  to  make  his  recovery  hopeless  with 
the  best  hospital  treatment,  he  survived  in  great  suffering  until 


The  Winter   at  Falmouth.  107 

December  iQth.  Captain  Gibbons  was  buried  on  a  pleasant  hill 
side  looking  toward  the  rising  sun,  just  beyond  the  outskirts  of 
the  camp.  Over  this  hill  he  had  marched  to  battle,  leading  his 
command,  six  days  before.  It  was  a  sad  and  impressive  occa 
sion  to  the  regiment  as  well  as  to  the  members  of  his  own  com 
pany  by  whom  he  was  dearly  loved  as  a  soldier  and  a  man.  The 
men  moving  slowly  with  reversed  arms  behind  the  coffin,  the 
weird  and  mournful  dirge  from  the  band  and  the  volley  of 
musketry  over  the  grave  all  were  different  from  the  ceremonies 
the  men  were  familiar  with  at  home  and  yet  seemed  not  inap 
propriate. 

Captain  Moore  of  Company  F  returned  from  Washington  and 
took  charge  of  his  command.  Sergeant  E.  H.  Wade,  speaking 
of  Captain  Moore's  return  has  this  to  say: — "December  I7th 
Captain  Moore  returned  to  the  regiment.  He  had  been  sent  to 
Washington  a  day  or  two  before  we  moved  over  to  Fredericks- 
burg,  to  get  the  camp  kettles  and  other  property  belonging  to 
us,  and  as  luck  had  it  was  out  of  the  last  engagement,— for  had 
he  been  with  us,  another  noble  officer  would  doubtless  have  been 
killed  ;  for  all  the  regiment  knows  that  there  never  was  a  fight 
yet,  but  what  he  always  took  the  lead,  and  most  generally  quite 
a  ways  ahead.  C  )n  arriving  here  and  seeing  only  a  little  band  of 
us  left, — scarcely  one  hundred  fit  for  duty, — his  feelings  over 
powered  him,  and  for  a  while  he  was  completely  overcome." 

On  January  i7th  General  Burnside  reviewed  the  regiment  in 
connection  with  the  corps.  The  regiment  numbered  about  two 
hundred  effective  men  and  eight  commissioned  officers,  none  of 
the  latter  of  higher  rank  than  captain  at  this  time.  Although 
Captain  Davis  of  Company  H  marched  the  regiment  back  to 
Falmouth,  Captain  Bronson  of  Company  1,  the  ranking  captain, 
assumed  the  command  of  the  regiment  upon  its  arrival. 

January  2Oth  Captain  Bronson  read  a  spirited  address  from 
General  Burnside  to  the  regiment  assembled  upon  the  parade 
ground  and  then  called  for  three  cheers  for  the  other  side  of  the 
Rappahannock.  The  response  to  this  invitation  was  not  volumi 
nous  enough  to  have  disturbed  General  Burnside  if  he  had  been 
asleep  fifty  feet  away.  It  was  a  silent  expression  of  the  men's 


1 08  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

lack  of  confidence  in  their  commander,  a  silence  so  intense  that  it 
practically  fell  into  one  of  contempt.  Orders  had  been  given  that 
the  regiment  should  he  ready  to  move  the  day  previous,  January 
1 9th,  consequently  preparations  were  made,  extra  rations  were 
issued,  and  a  great  number  of  troops  marched  by  the  camp  in 
the  midst  of  heavy  rain.  It  rained  all  day  and  all  night  until  the 
little  rivulets  became  brooks  and  the  brooks  became  rivers,  and 
the  road  for  miles  was  choked  with  supply  wagons,  fast  in  the 
mud.  There  was  mud  everywhere,  "trumpets  sounded,  drums 
beat,  whips  cracked,  mules  squealed  and  men  swore."  As  the 
advance  reached  the  brink  of  the  river,  they  were  met  by  the 
rebels  on  the  opposite  side  with  mock  politeness,  who  offered  to 
assist  them  in  building  the  bridge  and  not  to  open  fire  upon  them 
until  they  were  fairly  across,  but  as  the  artillery,  pontoons,  am 
munition  and  supply  trains  were  back  stuck  in  the  mud,  they 
were  obliged  to  decline  the  hospitable  invitation,  whereupon  the 
Confederates  jeered  at  them  and  erected  a  large  sign  with  the 
inscription  "Burnside  stuck  in  the  mud." 

Finding  it  impossible  to  move  the  army,  it  turned  back,  jaded 
and  bedraggled,  before  the  extreme  front  had  moved.  Tt  was  in 
tended  the  regiment  should  be  the  rear-guard  and  thus  they 
escaped  being  participants  in  what  has  been  known  in  the  history 
o+~  the  rebellion  as  the  "Great  Mud  March." 

Sergeant  F.  B.  Tyler  of  Company  B  records  the  following  of 
the  experience  of  the  regiment  at  this  time: — "We  had  been 
spectators  rather  than  active  participants  in  the  mud  campaign, 
although  we  had  dismantled  our  cam])  huts  by  taking  off  our 
shelter  tent  roofs,  had  our  knapsacks  packed  and  stood  all  day  in 
the  rain  that  deepened  and  rendered  still  stickier  the  mud  that 
Burnside's  army  was  floundering  through  until  finally  the  ele 
ments  conquered,  the  campaign  suddenly  and  ingloriously  ended, 
we  reconstructed  our  camp  again  and  passed  the  remainder  of 
the  winter  in  quietness  as  far  as  actual  warfare  was  concerned. 
A  new  captain,  Townsend,  was  sent  to  us  with  whom  we  always 
got  along  very  well,  although  his  prompt  decisive  way  and  some 
times  rather  abrupt  manner  often  upset  and  disconcerted  our  first 
sergeant,  Russell,  whose  manner  was  naturally  slow  and  hesitat- 


The  Winter  at  Falmouth.  109 

ing.  Townsend  was  young,  high  spirited,  cool  and  brave  in  battle, 
and  had  too  many  genuine  good  qualities  as  a  military  man  and 
officer  for  the  men  to  regard  him  with  anything  but  esteem. 
That  he  could  not  fill  the  place  in  the  hearts  of  the  men  that 
Gibbons  held  was  hardly  a  fault  of  his.  Probably  no  man  in  the 
regiment  could.  Broatch.  Lucas  and  Galpin,  who  had  been  pro 
moted  to  the  respective  ranks  of  captain,  first  lieutenant  and  sec 
ond  lieutenant  of  Company  A,  often  took  a  stroll  through  our 


MAJOR  JAMES  B.  COIT. 

company  street,  talking  and  chatting  pleasantly  with  the  boys, 
interchanging  news  from  home  and  inquiring  after  our  sick  and 
absent  ones,  and  while  these  officers  remained  with  the  regiment, 
they  never  lost  interest  in  the  old  company  in  which  they  first 
obtained  their  commissions,  and  every  promotion  that  sent 
Hroatch  and  Lucas  upward  in  rank  caused  something  akin  to 
family  pride  in  the  hearts  of  our  boys," 


1  10  Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.  V.   Infantry. 

A  sad  incident  during'  the  encampment  at  Falmouth  was  the 
death  of  two  brothers,  Francis  and  Frederick  J.  Hollister,  of 
Chatham,  Company  K,  who  died  within  half  an  hour  of  each  other 
and  were  buried  together.  They  lost  their  blankets  at  Antietam 
and  for  three  months  had  to  sleep  out  of  doors  or  crouch  scantily 
clad  all  night  long  over  a  smoky  camp-fire,  from  which  exposure 
they  died. 

January  3  ist  the  band  of  the  regiment,  always  a  favorite,  being 
the  best  band  in  the  corps,  went  down  to  army  headquarters  by 
invitation  and  serenaded  General  Hooker,  who  had  meantime  re 
placed  General  Rurnside  in  command  of  the  Army  of  the  Poto 
mac.  The  regiment  soon  saw  a  great  change  in  rations  and 
clothing,  with  fresh  bread  every  other  day  and  plenty  of  fresh 
meat,  potatoes,  beans,  peas  and  other  vegetables.  These  did  away 
with  the  regulation  "Xo.  9"  and  gave  the  surgeons  a  rest.  This 
had  a  marked  influence  on  the  spirit  and  good  feeling  of  the  boys 
of  the  regiment. 

About  this  time  important  promotions  were  made  of  several 
officers  of  the  regiment,  ist  Lieutenant  John  C.  Rroatch  of  Com 
pany  R  was  promoted  to  be  captain,  ist  Lieutenant  Fisk  of  Com 
pany  K  was  made  captain  of  Company  G,  Acting  Adjutant  Town- 
send  promoted  from  ist  Lieutenant  Company  I  to  captain  of 
Company  R,  Fred  R.  Doten  of  Company  A  to  be  adjutant,  \Yill- 
iam  H.  Hawley  of  Companv  A  promoted  to  ist  sergeant,  William 
R.  Hincks  of  the  same  company  promoted  to  sergeant  and  Cor 
poral  Charles  Lyman  of  Company  D  to  be  2cl  lieutenant  of  Corn- 
pan}  K.  Sergeant  Hirst  says  of  this  appointment: — "There  have 
been  a  number  of  promotions  in  the  regiment  and  some  new 
officers  made,  but  only  one  from  our  company.  His  name  is 
Charles  Lyman,  of  Rolton.  He  is  a  good  man  and  will  make  a 
good  officer.  After  promotion,  the  officer  is  put  in  another  com 
pany,  so  as  not  to  be  too  familiar  with  the  men,  which  makes  it 
unpleasant  for  both." 

During  February  the  regiment  received  four  months  pay. 
Much  of  this  was  sent  to  friends  at  home,  while  other  parts  of  it 
were  used  lavishly  by  the  men  and,  as  usual,  had  disastrous 
effects.  About  this  time  there  was  a  complaint  of  liquor  being 


The  Winter  at  Falmouth.  1  1  1 

smuggled  into  the  regimental  camp.  The  sutler  was  a  safety 
valve  through  which  the  money  was  let  loose.  Sergeant  Hirst 
under  date  of  February  5th.  says: — "The  pa\-master  came  along 
yesterday  and  gave  us  four  months  pay.  To-day  army  rations 
are  not  good  enough  for  the  boys,  who  are  moving  from  one 
sutler's  shop  to  another,  buying  wooden  ginger  cakes,  brandy 
(vinegar)  peaches,  and  castiron  pies.  They  are  bound  to  have  a 
feast  for  once,  even  though  the  doctor  with  his  Xo.  <j  is  watching 
them." 

Abotit  this  time  Captain  IJronson,  commanding  the  regiment, 
was  arrested  because  the  regimental  picket  detail  fell  short  some 
forty  or  fifty  men  one  morning.  Samuel  Fiske.  captain  of  Com 
pany  (i.  being  the  ranking  captain,  had  command  of  the  regiment. 

Sergeant  Hirst  speaks  of  the  exchange  of  coffee  and  tobacco 
between  the  boys  of  the  Union  and  Confederate  armies.  He 
says: — "On  a  fine  day  in  the  sunshine  it  is  rather  pleasant  picket 
ing  the  banks  of  the  river  and  cracking  jokes  with  the  Johnnies 
on  the  other  side.  Some  times  we  rig  up  a  shingle  for  a  boat, 
load  it  with  coffee,  set  it  adrift  in  the  stream  and  watch  it  drift 
across  to  the  opposite  bank.  How  the  Johnnies  will  watch  it 
slowly  drifting  over  and  receive  it  like  a  long  lost  friend.  They 
in  turn  will  rig  up  a  tobacco  boat,  and  we  take  the  same  pleasure 
in  receiving  it.  You  can  hardly  realize  that  these  are  the  same 
men  who  were  shooting  us  down  a  few  weeks  ago,  and  ma}'  be. 
will  be  doing  the  same  a  few  weeks  hence." 

Captain  Henrv  P.  ( ioddard.  who  saw  the  bright  side,  has  this 
to  sa\-  of  the  winter  at  Falmouth : — -"What  a  winter  it  was  that 
followed  in  camp  at  Falmouth  with  no  field  officers,  and  with 
Captains  Davis  and  IJronson  alternating  in  command  of  the  regi 
ment,  for  the  former  could  not  hold  command  a  week  without 
getting  into  some  scrape  that  usually  led  to  his  being  put  under 
arrest.  I  Jut  it  was  no  use  to  court  martial  him  for  his  legal  train 
ing  and  his  habit  of  getting  the  whole  court  on  a  spree  the  night 
before  the  verdict,  led  the  judge-advocate  of  the  division  to  say 
that  it  was  easier  to  catch  a  weasel  asleep  than  to  convict  Captain 
Davis. 

Ah,  what  punches  Fred  Doten  used  to  mix  that  winter,  as  we 


1  1  2  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 

gathered  in  each  other's  Sibleys  :  'When  every  officer  seemed  a 
friend,  and  ever}-  friend  a  brother.'  It  was  at  some  of  these 
gatherings  that  Captain  Lee  used  to  give  swan  like  imitations 
and  that  *G'  officers  used  to  trot  out  little  'I  ncas.'  the  stuttering 
teamster,  as  a  spiritual  medium,  who  used  to  go  into  trances  and 
therein  deliver  addresses  on  didactic  subjects,  but  who  got  mad 
when  Lieutenant  Fred  Seymour  asked  him  to  take  a  drink  in  his 
spiritual  not  material  character.  Quartermaster  Dibble  used  to 
say  that  when  Uncas  got  mad  at  his  mules  he  could  swear  in  the 
most  unspiritual  manner  without  stuttering  at  all." 

The  affairs  of  Falmouth  camp  moved  on  through  February 
and  early  March  without  any  unusual  occurrence.  The  promo 
tions  of  the  several  officers  we  have  mentioned  had  served  to 
bring  the  regiment  back  to  a  more  complete  organization  than 
when  it  returned  from  Fredericksburg. 

An  exception  to  this  statement  may  be  made  in  the  serious  loss 
to  the  regiment  of  the  services  of  Surgeon  Philo  G.  Rockwell, 
the  first  surgeon  of  the  regiment.  The  care  of  the  manv  sick  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  which  has  been  noted,  and  the  march  down  the 
Louden  Valley  to  Falmouth  and  the  stay  at  Belle  Plain  told  very 
seriously  upon  his  health  and  he  was  obliged  to  go  home  on  a 
leave  of  absence  January  5th,  1863.  He  was  not  able  to  return 
to  the  army  and  resigned  March  8th,  1863. 

From  the  time  of  his  joining  the  regiment,  he  devoted  himself 
to  the  physical  welfare  of  the  men.  Dr.  Rockwell  was  of  an 
enthusiastic,  ardent  temperdment  and  was  ceaseless  in  his  efforts 
for  the  comfort  of  the  men. 

He  was  appointed  Surgeon-General  of  Governor  Hawley's 
staff  in  1866.  In  1869  he  established  a  sanitarium  at  Aiken. 
S.  C.  Dr.  Rockwell  was  a  native  of  Connecticut,  being  born  at 
Norfolk  in  1820.  He  graduated  with  honor  at  the  medical  col 
lege  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.  He  established  a  large  practice  in 
Waterbury,  from  which  place  he  enlisted.  He  died  in  Aiken, 
S.  C.  February  4,  1887,  his  remains  being  taken  to  Waterbury 
for  interment. 

March  17  the  members  of  the  regiment  attended  the  cele 
bration  of  St.  Patrick's  Da}'  by  the  Irish  Brigade.  These  festiv- 


The  Winter  at  Falmouth.  I  1  3 

ities  in  honor  of  the  Irish  patriot  were  unexpectedly  broken  into 
by  the  sound  of  rebel  guns,  causing  ( ienerals  Hooker,  Sickles, 
French  and  other  high  officers,  who  were  present  to  view  the 
frolic,  to  ride  oft  to  their  commands  in  hot  haste.  At  this  time 
Captain  Moore  of  Company  F  was  in  command  of  the  regiment. 
The  regiment  became  greatly  interested  in  the  annual  election 
in  Connecticut.  Reports  had  been  freely  circulated  in  the  Demo 
cratic  papers  in  the  interests  of  Thomas  H.  Seymour,  their  candi 
date  for  governor,  that  the  Connecticut  regiments,  especially  the 


SURGEON   PHILO  (1.    ROCKWELL. 

Fourteenth,  were  sorry  they  had  gone  to  war,  were  dissatisfied 
with  the  way  it  was  being  carried  on.  and  would  get  out  of  it  if 
they  could.  To  offset  these  unfounded  statements,  the  Four 
teenth  at  dress  parade  March  24th  passed  nearly  unanimously 
a  series  of  resolutions  endorsing  Governor  Buckingham.  There 
was  general  rejoicing  upon  receipt  of  the  news  that  Governor 
Buckingham  had  been  rcelected. 


1  1  4  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

April  ist.  was  duly  celebrated  hv  the  regiment.  At  about  half 
past  two,  while  the  men  were  sleeping  quietly,  they  were  aroused 
and  marched  to  the  parade  ground,  formed  line  of  battle  and 
awaited  orders.  It  was  intensely  cold  and  after  several  hours 
they  were  marched  back,  reaching  their  tents  about  daylight. 

( )n  Sunday,  April  5th,  President  Lincoln  reviewed  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  on  a  broad  plain  about  four  miles  from  the  camp. 
Although  the  occasion  was  one  of  great  interest,  moment  and  pride 
to  the  members  of  the  regiment  some  of  them  were  not  able  to 
put  on  dress  suits  for  the  occasion.  AYe  cannot  forbear  quoting 
from  Sergeant  Hirst  upon  this  subject,  lie  says: — "The  other 
day  I  was  detailed  with  a  squad  to  go  on  picket  near  the  Lacy 
house,  and  arrived  there  at  seven  o'clock  A.  M.  We  were  not 
relieved  until  ten  o'clock  the  next  day  when  we  were  marched 
about  four  miles  out  of  our  way  to  take  part  in  a  big  review  in 
honor  of  President  Lincoln.  I  had  seen  him  once  before  at 
Harper's  Ferry  and  was  rather  pleased  at  the  opportunity  of  see 
ing  him  again.  There  was  some  swearing  at  the  long  march 
before  us  after  being  on  duty  twenty-seven  hours,  part  of  the  time 
in  the  cold  and  part  over  a  smoky  fire,  but  there  was  no  help  for 
it,  to  the  review  we  must  go  at  once.  The  whole  Army  of  'he 
Potomac  was  there,  dressed  in  its  best  bib  and  tucker,  with  their 
arms  shining  like  burnished  silver,  while  we  were  dirty,  sleepy  and 
ragged.  Just  look  at  us  with  our  overcoats  and  knapsacks  on, 
our  blankets  in  a  coil  around  our  shoulders,  a  canteen  filled  with 
water,  a  haversack  containing  bits  of  beef,  crackers  nnd  pork, 
three  or  four  cooking  utensils,  such  as  frying  pans,  tin  cups,  old 
tomato  cans,  etc.,  hitched  to  various  parts  of  our  body.  Of  course, 
we  were  all  well  armed  and  some  of  us  had  axes  besides.  We 
were  made  into  a  division  by  ourselves,  and  I,  with  a  gun  on  one 
shoulder  and  an  ax,  a  five  pounder,  on  the  other,  was  placed  as 
right  guide  to  the  division.  After  nearly  the  whole  army  had 
marched  past  and  we  came  into  sight,  it  was  no  surprise  for  me  to 
see  the  President  step  a  little  nearer  and  \\onder  what  damnation 
kind  of  men  would  come  along  next.  However,  if  he,  or  his 
wife,  or  daughter  asked  any  questions,  I  think  they  would  have 
been  surprised  to  learn  that  we  were  a  fair  sample  of  the  army 
in  light  marching  order,  Just  after  we  passed  the  President, 


The  Winter  at  Falmouth.  1  1  5 

we  were  moved  at  double-quick  time  for  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  just 
to  show  what  stamina  there  was  in  Old  Hooker's  soft  tack.  \Ye 
got  back  to  camp  just  before  sunset,  thoroughly  tired  out  with 
our  two  days  exertions." 

During  April  Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins  visited  the  regiment 
in  citizen's  dress,  having  been  honorably  discharged  from  the 
service  for  wounds  received  at  Fredericksburg.  He  was  heartily 
greeted  by  the  men,  who  rejoiced  that  his  wounds  had  not  proved 
fatal. 

In  Cieorge  II.  AYashburn's  "History  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Eighth  Xew  York  Volunteers"  he  records  a  peculiar  service  for 
which  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  and  ( )ne  Hundred  and  Eighth 
Xew  York  were  called.  He  says: — "A  few  days  before  the  move 
for  Chancellorsville  an  incident  occurred  in  disobeying  orders 
in  our  division,  which  had  been  ordered  out  for  drill  and  parade. 
Two  nine  months  Pennsylvania  regiments  refused  to  comply 
with  the  order  as  their  time  was  nearly  out.  (leneral  French. 
Division  Commander,  was  constantly  winking,  and  on  account 
of  this  habit,  was  known  as  T>linky  French.'  On  this  occasion 
his  eyes  blinked  as  fiery  as  the  twinkle  of  Mars,  and  the  French 
of  it  was,  that  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xew  York  and  the 
Fourteenth  Connecticut  were  to  proceed  with  loaded  guns  to  the 
camps  of  the  recalcitrant  regiments,  and  bring  them  out.  or 
shoot.  They  came  without  further  dallying." 

On  Monday  morning,  April  28th,  orders  were  received  to 
break  camp  and  be  in  readiness  to  move.  Tuesday  morning  the} 
moved  to  the  \Yarrenton  turnpike  in  the  vicinity  of  Hank's  Ford, 
where  they  camped  for  the  night.  Sergeant  \Yilliam  H.  Hawley 
was  left  behind  from  illness  with  about  twenty  others,  who  were 
afterwards  sent  to  the  Potomac  Creek  Hospital. 

In  the  afternoon  of  April  29th,  the  regiment  hastilv  packed  up 
and  marched,  and  instead  of  going  direct  to  the  river,  marched 
about  five  miles  further  up,  nearly  opposite  to  United  States  Ford. 
The  next  morning  they  moved  to  the  vicinity  of  I  nited  States 
Ford,  where  they  halted  for  a  few  hours,  making  coffee,  during 
\\hich  time  a  pontoon  was  thrown  across  the  river,  and  the  regi 
ment  passed  over  about  sunset,  without  a  shot  being  fired. 


CHAPTER  VII. 
The  Affair  at  Chancellorsville. 

We  left  the  regiment  on  the  evening-  of  Thursday,  April  3Oth, 
after  having  crossed  the  Rappahannock  on  a  pontoon  near  United 
States  Ford,  and  bivouacked  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Chandler  House, 
about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  Chancellorsville.  This  "ville" 
was  simply  a  fine  old  brick  mansion  of  Southern  type  surrounded 
by  stately  trees,  amounting  almost  to  a  forest.  It  was  about  ten 
miles  from  Fredericksburg,  with  which  it  was  connected  by  a 
turnpike,  plank  road  and  river  road,  the  two  former  making  a 
fork  at  Chancellorsville,  and  running  nearly  parallel  toward 
Fredericksburg.  The  grounds  about  the  Chancellor  House,  the 
scene  of  the  battle,  were  low  and  swampy,  and  covered  with 
patches  of  woods,  with  deep  and  thick  underbrush,  being  almost 
impenetrable.  There  seemed  to  be  little  work  for  the  regiment 
on  this  first  day  of  the  battle.  About  eleven  o'clock  it  was  called 
to  arms  and  marched  down  the  plank  road  to  the  Chancellor 
House,  the  headquarters  of  General  Hooker  and  his  staff.  Heavy 
firing  along  the  front  indicated  that  the  Confederate  forces  had 
opened  an  attack.  The  regiment  then  turned  to  the  right  through 
a  young  growth  of  pines.  There  were  no  skirmishers  thrown 
out  and  at  one  time  it  was  discovered  the  regiment  was  in  dan 
gerous  proximity  to  the  enemy.  After  remaining  here  two  hours 
the  artillery  fire  seemed  to  slacken,  and  the  regiment  retraced 
its  course,  halted  and  stacked  arms  in  an  open  lot  adjoining  the 
plank  road  on  the  west  side,  perhaps  half  a  mile  from  the  Chan 
cellor  House.  There  were  in  this  lot  the  brigade,  which  seemed 
to  be  held  in  reserve,  and  several  batteries  of  artillery.  For  the 
remainder  of  the  day  they  were  under  arms  and  frequently  had 
to  fall  into  line  in  readiness  to  move  to  the  front  as  the  cannonad 
ing  grew  sharper,  but  as  often  broke  ranks  again.  In  the  even 
ing  the  regiment  was  formed  in  line  of  battle  on  the  extreme  right 

arid  threw  out  pickets  for  the  night. 

(116) 


COL.  THEO.   G.   ELLIS. 


The  Affair  at  Chancellorsville.  1  19 

After  the  wounding  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins  at  the  battle 
of  Fredericksburg,  from  which  wound  he  was  never  able  to  re 
sume  his  position  at  the  head  of  the  regiment,  the  command  fell 
upon  Adjutant  Theodore  ( 1.  Fllis,  who  was  afterwards  promoted 
to  major,  lieutenant-colonel  and  colonel  of  the  Fourteenth  and 
brevet  brigadier-general.  He  died  in  Hartford  Januarv  8th, 
1883,  aged  fifty-two  years.  Previous  to  his  enlistment  he  had 
been  devoted  to  civil  engineering,  a  profession  for  which  he  had 
special  qualifications  and  in  which  he  became  eminent.  He  did 
much  for  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  being  thoughtful,  accurate 
and  intelligent  concerning  his  duties.  His  men  never  doubted 
his  thorough  devotion  to  all  the  positions  which  he  was  called 
upon  to  fill.  His  manner  was  genial  and  friendly  toward  those 
\\ith  whom  he  had  occasion  to  associate  although  his  criticisms 
were  often  caustic,  though  just. 

On  the  morning  of  the  2(1.  the  regiment  was  relieved  and  re 
turned  to  the  cam])  previously  occupied.  Toward  nightfall  a  seri 
ous  charge  bv  Stonewall  Jackson  on  the  extreme  right  of  our  line, 
which  was  farthest  from  the  river,  and  was  occupied  by  the 
Fleventh  Corps,  caused  a  panic  and  disastrous  route.  It  was 
under  the  command  of  ( leneral  O.  (  ).  Howard.  The  generals 
had  neglected  to  picket  their  front  and  the  men  of  the  division 
were  busilv  engaged  in  cooking  supper  in  the  dense  thicket,  hav 
ing  previously  stacked  their  guns,  when  they  were  surprised  by 
the  enemy. 

Of  the  pandemonium  which  this  panic  caused  General  Ben 
jamin  Morgan  said: — "The  stampede  of  the  Fleventh  Corps  was 
something  curious  and  wonderful  to  behold.  I  have  seen  horses 
and  cattle  stampeded  on  the  plains,  blinded,  apparently,  by  fright, 
rush  over  wagons,  rocks,  streams,  any  obstacle  in  the  way;  but 
never  before  or  since,  saw  I  thousands  of  men  actuated  seemingly 
by  the  same  unreasoning  fear  that  takes  possession  of  a  herd  of 
animals.  As  the  crowd  of  fugitives  swept  by  the  Chancellor 
House,  the  greatest  efforts  were  made  to  check  them  ;  but  those 
only  stopped  who  were'  knocked  down  by  the  swords  of  staff- 
ofricers  or  the  sponge  staffs  of  Kirby's  batttery,  which  was  drawn 
up  across  the  road  leading  to  the  ford.  Many  of  them  ran  right  on 


120 


Fourteenth   Regiment,   C.   V.   Infantry. 


clown  the  turnpike  toward  Fredericksburg,  through  our  line  of 
battle  and  picket  line,  and  into  the  enemy's  line.  The  onlv  reply 
one  could  get  to  argument  or  entreaty  was,  'All  ist  veloren  ;  vere 
ist  der  pontoon?'  Although  the  appearance  of  thousands  of 
fugitives  from  battle,  with  ambulances,  wagons,  cannons,  and 
caissons,  all  in  a  wild  stampede,  is  apt  to  be  very  disconcerting 
and  demoralizing  to  a  line  of  battle,  the  troops  of  the  Second 
Corps  did  not  appear  in  the  smallest  degree  affected." 

During   this   pandemonium    caused     by   the    fleeing      Eleventh 
Corps,     the   attempt     to    resist     it    by    the    t  nion    troops    and  the 


The  Chancellor  House  at  the  present  time. 


demonstrations  of  the  attacking  enemy,  the  band  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment,  which  was  now  considered  the  best 
in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  did  its  most  heroic  work".  \Ye 
cannot  resist  copying  Colonel  Frederick  L.  Hitchcock,  who  gives 
a  beautiful  tribute  to  this  band  in  his  sketch  of  the  One  Hundred 
and  Thirty-Second  Pennsylvania  Uegiment,  entitled  'AYar  from 
the  Inside."  He  says: — "One  of  the  most  heroic  deeds  I  saw 
done  to  help  stem  the  fleeing  tide  of  men  and  restore  courage  was 
not  the  work  of  a  battery,  nor  a  charge  of  cavalry,  but  the  charge 
of  a  band  of  music  !  The  band  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut 


The  Affair  at  Chancellorsville.  121 

went  right  out  into  that  open  space  between  our  new  line  and  the 
rebels,  with  shot  and  shell  crashing  all  about  them,  and  played 
'The  Star  Spangled  Banner',  'The  Red,  White  and  Blue'  and 
'Yankee  Doodle'  and  repeated  them  for  fully  twenty  minutes. 
Thev  never  played  better.  Did  that  require  nerve?  It  was 
undoubtedly  the  first  and  only  band  concert  ever  given  under 
such  conditions.  Xever  was  American  grit  more  finely  illustra 
ted.  Its  effect  upon  the  men  was  magical.  Imagine  the  strains 
of  our  grand  national  hymn,  'The  Star  Spangled  Banner',  sud 
denly  bursting  upon  your  ears  out  of  that  horrible  pandemonium 
of  panic-born  yells,  mingled  with  the  roaring  of  musketry  and 
the  crashing  of  artillery.  To  what  may  it  be  likened?  The  carol 
of  birds  in  the  midst  of  the  blackest  thunder-storm  ?  Xo  simile 
can  be  adequate.  Its  strains  were  clear  and  thrilling  for  a  mo 
ment,  then  smothered  by  that  fearful  din,  an  instant  later  sounding 
bold  and  clear  again,  as  if  it  would  fearlessly  emphasize  the  re 
frain,  'our  Hag  is  still  there.'  It  was  a  remarkable  circumstance 
that  none  of  them  were  killed.  1  think  one  or  two  of  them  were 
slightly  wounded  by  pieces  of  exploding  shells,  and  one  or  two 
of  their  instruments  carried  awav  scars  from  that  scene." 

When  this  break  of  the  Fleventh  Corps  occurred,  the  Second 
Brigade  was  hurried  from  its  position  in  reserve  to  support  the 
line,  and  leaving  behind  knapsacks  and  other  impediments  moved 
down  the  plank  road  at  the  double-quick,  halting  at  the  cross 
road  near  the  Chancellor  House,  for  the  violence  of  the  attack 
seemed  to  have  abated.  In  a  few  moments,  however,  there  was 
terrific  tiring  011  the  ( )range  Court  House  road  to  the  right,  and 
the  men  were  hurried  in  that  direction  for  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
on  the  run  and  turning  off  011  the  right  of  the  road,  formed  in 
line  of  battle  in  the  woods  facing  the  west.  It  was  now  dark 
and  the  enemy  ceased  firing.  The  position  was  changed  several 
times  through  the  night,  the  men  resting  on  their  arms.  The 
Fourteenth  was  011  the  right  of  the  brigade  in  the  second  line  of 
battle  and  was  unsupported  on  the  right.  At  this  point  Com 
manding  Major  Fllis  sent  2d  Lieutenant  Lucas  of  Company  A 
to  (jeneral  French  to  learn  what  was  on  their  right.  Lieutenant 
Lucas  was  sharply  ordered  back  to  his  regiment,  with  the  remark 


122  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 

that  it  was  "his  business  and  he  would  attend  to  it."  There  is 
no  evidence  that  he  did. 

Soon  after  daylight  on  the  morning  of  Sunday,  May  3(1.,  the 
only  actual  fighting  by  the  regiment  occurred.  We  will  let  Cor 
poral  F.  I>.  Tyler  of  Company  P>,  afterwards  ist  sergeant,  tell 
the  story  of  this  part  of  the  engagement.  He  says: — "The  next 
morning,  May  3d,  the  enemy  opened  fire  on  us  from  a  compara 
tively  short  distance  in  our  front.  Although  we  could  see  but 
little  of  them  on  account  of  the  woods  and  underbrush,  \ve  re 
turned  the  fire  with  vigor,  thinking  that  even  if  some  of  the  shots 
were  sent  in  at  random,  they  might  do  the  enemy  as  much  in 
jury  as  their  shots  were  doing  us;  and  their  shots,  whether  b\ 
chance  or  otherwise,  were  constantly  telling  on  our  men.  At 
this  time  there  was  evidently  some  mismanagement  in  rhe  ar 
rangement  of  our  Fourteenth  position,  as  there  seemed  to  be  an 
open  unprotected  space  to  the  right  of  the  regiment,  while  the 
1 2th  Xew  Jersey  Regiment  of  our  brigade,  that  should  have  con 
nected  with  our  line  on  the  left  of  our  regiment,  overlapped  it. 
their  right  falling  in  the  rear  of  our  company.  As  the  Xew 
Jersey  regiment  opened  fire  Company  B's  attention  was  about 
equally  divided  between  the  enemy  in  front  and  the  friends  in 
the  rear.  A  movement  of  our  regiment  to  the  right  would 
doubtless  have  been  made  had  not  the  rebels  evidently  discovering 
a  weak  spot  suddenly  began  to  appear  on  our  right  flank,  when 
the  order  was  given  us  to  fall  back,  which  we  did  in  very  good 
order,  carrying  our  wounded  with  us  and  finally  coming  out  of 
the  woods  at  the  identical  spot  where  we  had  stacked  our  knap 
sacks  the  night  before.  Any  other  regiment  than  the  Fourteenth 
might  not  have  stopped  to  get  their  knapsacks  under  the  circum 
stances,  but  we  had  had  experience  in  losing  knapsacks  and  in 
absence  of  positive  orders  not  to  resume  them,  we  hunted  up  our 
own  as  quickly  as  possible,  and  then  leisurely  and  in  perfect  order 
still,  went  back  and  took  up  a  new  position  some  distance  to  the 
rear.  The  immediate  advance  of  the  enemy  following  us  was 
checked  by  Carroll's  Brigade  of  our  corps,  who  appeared  upon 
the  scene  just  in  the  nick  of  time." 

Sergeant  Hirst  says  that  he  would  rather  have  been  shot  than 


The  Affair  at  Chancellorsville.  123 

to  have  fallen  back  at  this  time.  In  attempting  to  rally  the  men 
Captain  IJronson  of  Company  I  received  a  bad  wound  in  the 
shoulder  and  was  carried  to  the  rear.  The  Fourteenth  retired 
to  the  rifle-pits  where  they  remained  until  early  Wednesday 
morning.  During  this  time  they  were  the  constant  mark  of  the 
Confederate  sharp-shooters,  but  suffered  no  perceptible  injury. 

( )f  their  retreat  across  the  river  and  back  to  the  camp  at  Fal- 
mouth  Major  ilincks  has  this  to  say: — "We  had  just  gone  to 
sleep  Tuesday  night  when  we  were  roused  and  told  the  cam 
paign  had  been  a  failure,  that  the  enemy  had  beaten  us  and  that 
we  must  retire  in  perfect  silence  to  the  other  side  of  the  river. 
(  )nr  regiment  and  those  next  us  formed  and  stood  in  line  for  an 
hour  or  two  in  the  rain,  darkness  and  cold,  waiting  for  further 
orders.  Finally  we  were  told  to  lie  down  again.  At  twelve 
(/clock  we  were  again  called  and  after  standing  in  the  ranks  until 
nearly  three,  we  moved  off  toward  the  river.  Another  such  a 
journey  in  the  darkness  I  hope  never  to  have  to  perform.  The 
road  had  only  been  cut  through  the  woods  the  day  before  and 
every  now  and  then  one  would  strike  his  foot  against  a  stub  and 
go  down  headlong  into  the  mud  and  rising  hurriedly  would  go  on 
again.  Before  long  we  ceased  to  pick  our  way  at  all,  but  went  in 
through  brooks,  mudholes  or  anything,  taking  a  bee  line  towards 
our  journeys  end.  The  pontoons  were  recrossed  about  daylight 
and  at  about  ten  o'clock  a  handful  of  us  arrived  at  our  old  camp, 
having  come  fifteen  miles  with  less  than  one-half  hours  rest. 
The  balance  of  the  regiment  kept  coming  in  all  day." 

Thus  ends  the  part  the  Fourteenth  took  in  the  battle  of  Chan 
cellorsville.  While  there  were  none  killed,  the  regiment  suffered 
largely  from  wounds.  Captain  Bronson  of  Company  I  received 
his  fatal  wound,  dying  June  3,  just  a  month  later.  The  number 
of  the  regiment  at  this  time  was  reported  by  Commanding  Major 
Fllis  as  2Kj.  The  total  number  of  wounded  was  3  commissioned 
officers,  34  enlisted  men  ;  missing,  2  commissioned  officers,  one 
of  whom  was  Captain  Samuel  Fisk  (''Dunn  Urowne")  who  was 
at  the  time  supposed  to  be  killed,  enlisted  men,  17. 

A  fa  j  or  Ellis  reports  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  the 
course  of  the  regiment  at  Chancellorsville  and  submits  the  fol 
lowing  list  of  wounded  : — 


[24  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

"Company  A.  Wounded,  Sergeant,  Edward  L.  Hunimiston, 
in  face,  Privates,  James  H.  Bartram,  thumb,  Charles  H.  Platt, 
eye,  slightly  ;  missing,  Privates,  David  Earrar,  John  Kelly,  Sam 
uel  Stone,  George  Bunyan,  Patrick  Moore. 

Company  B.  Wounded,  Captain,  James  L.  Townsend,  side, 
slightly,  1st  Lieutenant,  Henry  P.  Goddard,  head,  slightly,  Cor 
poral,  Henry  S.  Brooks,  shell  wound  in  leg,  Privates,  Thomas 
Capper,  gun-shot  in  side,  Cyrus  Priest,  gun-shot  in  shoulder, 
Austin  Judd,  gun-shot  in  hand,  Edwin  Stroud. 

Company  C.  Wounded,  Privates,  Edward  Kilduff,  gun-shot 
in  shoulder,  I  >eonard  Merchant,  gun-shot  in  hand,  Charles  Up- 
son,  bayonet  wound  in  elbow,  slightly,  Thomas  Byington,  head. 

Company  D.  Wounded,  Private,  Thomas  Stafford  ;  missing, 
ist  Lieutenant,  James  E.  Simpson, — supposed  to  have  been  taken 
prisoner,  Private,  John  Williams. 

Company  E.  Wounded,  Sergeant,  Samuel  Webster,  arm, 
Privates,  James  Rogers,  leg,  John  McDonald,  knee,  slightly,  Ed 
win  Pierce,  Isaac  C.  Barrows,  Jerry  Callahan  ;  missing,  Privates, 
Timothy  Loun,  Baltas  Wagner,  James  McCormick. 

Company  E.  Wounded,  Privates,  Charles  R.  Bunnell,  gun 
shot  in  wrist,  John  Garvin,  gun-shot  in  foot;  missing,  Corporal, 
Henry  B.  Goodrich,  Private,  Reynold  T.  Moore. 

Company  (i.  Wounded,  Privates,  Ralph  Thompson,  gun-shot 
in  hand,  Levi  M.  Chapman,  contusion  by  shell,  Christopher  W. 
Boone,  gun-shot  in  ankle,  Renslar  Goodale,  gun-shot  in  arm, 
Richard  J.  Cad  well ;  missing,  Captain,  Samuel  Eiske,  supposed  to 
have  been  killed.  ( It  was  afterwards  discovered  he  had  been 
taken  prisoner.  Ed.) 

Company  H.  Wounded,  Privates,  George  S.  Edwards,  side, 
Jeremiah  Calvert,  hands ;  missing,  Sergeant,  Samuel  N.  \Vatrous, 
Privates,  John  C.  Goddard,  Amos  Dayton,  H.  E.  Hart. 

Company  I.  Wounded,  Captain,  Isaac  R.  Bronson,  gun-shot 
in  right  shoulder,  Privates,  Eugene  W.  Dorman,  gun-shot  in  side, 
Charles  Kraft,  gun-shot  in  arm,  amputated,  Charles  N.  Bartram, 
Andrew  Murphy,  toe;  missing,  Privates,  Oliver  W.  Evarts, 
Michael  Silver. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  Privates,  John  Smith,  Edward  Rig- 
ney,  gun-shot  in  hand." 


The  Affair  at  Chancellorsville.  127 

Of  Captain  Rronson,  Captain  Fiske  ("Dunn  Browne")  has  this 
to  say  in  the  Spring-field  Republican: — "I  must  give  some  feeble 
expression  of  my  sorrow — and  that  of  the  whole  circle  of  his 
brother  officers  and  soldiers — in  the  tidings  we  have  just  received 
of  the  death  of  Captain  1.  R.  Bronson  of  the  Fourteenth,  sorely 
wounded  in  the  fight  near  Chancellorsville,  on  Sabbath  morning. 
May  3d.  He  was  one  of  the  most  earnest,  honest  and  fearless  pa 
triots  whose  life  has  been  sacrificed  in  this  great  cause.  In  camp, 
which  is  far  too  often  made  an  excuse  for  relaxing  the  principles 
of  morality  and  religion  that  are  a  restraint  at  home,  he  led  a 
pure  and  Christian  life,  \\~hcre  profanity  and  obscenity  are.  T 
am  forced  to  sav,  almost  the  rule,  and  decent  language  the  excep 
tion,  no  impure  or  irreverent  words  came  from  his  lips.  nor.  un- 
rebuked.  from  those  of  his  men.  ( )f  a  courage  that  never  left 
him  satisfied  to  be  away  from  his  post  when  action  and  danger 
were  before  us,  of  an  earnest  patriotism  that  left  none  of  us  in 
doubt  what  were  his  motives  in  coming  to  the  field,  of  an  endur 
ing  fortitude  that  shrunk  from  no  extremities  of  hardship  and 
privation  that  came  upon  us,  of  a  generous  and  cheerful  spirit 
that  was  an  example  to  us  all,  he  was  a  soldier  worth}'  of  our 
cause,  a  patriot  without  a  blemish,  a  Christian  that  did  not  dis 
honor  the  name,  a  comrade  of  whose  loss  I  can  scarcely  trust 
myself  to  speak.  Since  the  death  of  the  lamented  \Yillard  (cap 
tain  of  Company  (!)  of  my  own  town  and  home,  slain  at  Antie- 
tam.  no  stroke  has  come  home  to  me,  personally,  so  deeply.  Xoble 
Christian  soldiers  both  !  A  tear  to  their  memory,  and  a  lesson 
to  each  of  us  from  their  lives." 

The  following  is  Commanding  Major  Ellis'  report  to  the  Ad- 
jutant-General  of  Connecticut,  which  is  the  same  as  his  report 
to  the  Brigade  Commander: — 

"Headquarters   Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
Cam])  near  Falmouth,  Ya.,   May  Qth,   1863. 

Captain  J.  P.  Postles,  A.  A.  A.  G.,  2c\  Brigade. 
Sir: — T   have  the  honor  to  report  the   following  particulars   res 
pecting  the  part  taken  by  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
in  the  late  action  near  Chancellorsville,  Va.     This  regiment  cross- 


128  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

ed  the  Rappahannock  with  the  Second  Army  Corps,  near  United 
States  Ford,  on  the  evening  of  the  3oth  of  April,  and  at  once 
proceeded  to  cam])  near  Chancellorsville.  The  next  day  we  were 
advanced  about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  forward  south-east  of 
the  'Chancellor  House',  but  were  immediately  returned  to  camp, 
where  we  remained  the  rest  of  the  day.  Tn  the  evening,  this  regi 
ment  was  formed  in  line  of  battle  on  the  extreme  right,  and  threw 
out  pickets  for  the  night.  \Ye  were  relieved  on  the  morning  of 
the  2d,  and  returned  to  the  camp  previously  occupied.  About  sun 
down  of  the  2(1,  we  were  advanced  to  the  front,  and  formed  to 
the  left  of  (lordonsville  road,  near  the  'Chancellor  House.'  From 
this  position  we  were  moved  along  the  plank  road  leading  to 
Spottsylvania  Court  House,  and  formed  in  line  of  battle  facing 
to  the  south-west  on  the  right  of  the  road.  The  regiment  was 
on  the  right  of  the  brigade  in  the  second  line  of  battle  and  was 
unsupported  on  the  right.  This  position  was  somewhat  altered 
during  the  night,  but  was  substantially  that  occupied  on  the  morn 
ing  of  the  3(1.  About  sunrise  on  the  morning  of  the  3(1  instant, 
the  first  line  of  battle  having  been  forced  by  a  terrific  assault  of 
the  enemy,  this  regiment  became  engaged,  the  enemy  appearing 
on  our  front  and  right  flank  almost  simultaneously.  AYe  were 
forced  to  retire,  principally  on  account  of  there  being  no  troops 
on  our  right  to  prevent  the  enemy,  which  had  engaged  the  front 
line  on  our  right,  from  passing  through  the  unoccupied  interval 
and  attaining  our  rear.  After  withdrawing,  this  regiment  joined 
the  remainder  of  the  brigade  and  was  placed  behind  rifle-pits  to 
the  left.  Here  we  remained  from  the  evening  of  the  3d.  to  the 
morning  of  the  6th,  being  occasionally  under  a  slight  fire,  but 
meeting  with  no  loss.  About  2  A.  M..  on  the  6th,  this  regiment 
was  withdrawn  and  recrossed  the  river  to  the  camp. 

The  strength  of  the  regiment  on  the  morning  of  the  3d  was  2IQ. 

Very  respectfully, 

THEODORE  G.    ELLIS, 
Major  Commanding  the   Fourteenth  Connecticut." 


The  Barn  at  Moade's  Headquarters. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 
The  March  from  Falmouth  to  Gettysburg. 

The  regiment  returned  to  its  old  camp  ground  near  Falmouth 
for  the  second  time,  dejected  and  sad  over  another  reverse  of 
the  cause  for  which  they  were  fighting-.  The  only  relieving  feat 
ure  of  the  engagement  was  the  mortal  wounding  of  General 
Stonewall  Jackson  of  the  Confederates.  His  name  had  become 
a  synonym  of  dash  and  daring,  which  was  feared  by  the  Union 
soldier. 

About  the  middle  of  May  the  old  camp  ground  at  Falmouth. 
which  had  been  the  scene  of  their  winter's  trials  and  joys  withal, 
was  moved  about  a  mile  farther  from  the  river  in  a  pine  forest. 

While  remaining  here  a  practical  joke  was  perpetrated  on  Chap 
lain  H.  S.  Stevens  by  some  of  the  boys,  who  did  not  seem  to 
have  regard  for  clerical  dignity.  As  was  his  custom,  the  worthy 
chaplain  strolled  from  the  regiment  into  the  near-by  woods,  with 
a  portfolio  for  the  purpose  of  writing,  and  while  lying  on  the 
ground,  he  fell  asleep.  Some  light  hearted  young  lieutenant 
placed  an  empty  whiskey  bottle  on  his  arm.  It  was  soon  noised 
around  the  camp  and  many  of  the  regiment  went  out  to  see  the 
strange  spectacle.  Whether  the  chaplain  was  awakened  by  their 
presence  or  whether  he  had  continued  his  nap  to  a  legitimate 
conclusion,  he  soon  awoke,  and  with  becoming  surprise,  took  in 
the  situation.  He  was  the  subject  of  many  expressions  of  con 
(129) 


1  30  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

dolence  for  his  apparent  departure  from  his  usual  course  of  rec 
titude,  for  which  the  chaplain  did  not  express  much  thankfulness. 

It  was  the  general  impression  in  the  regiment  that  they  would 
continue  here  for  some  time,  and  the  men  were  engaged  fitting 
up  the  new  camp  as  if  such  a  prolonged  stay  was  assured.  ( )n 
the  28th  of  May,  however,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  be  in 
readiness  to  march  at  thirty  minutes  notice,  and  to  be  supplied 
with  three  days  cooked  rations.  They  were  not  ordered  to  move 
until  the  I4th  of  June.  Meanwhile  the  most  rigid  descipline 
\vas  observed,  furloughs  were  forbidden,  and  the  men  were  not 
permitted  to  pass  beyond  division  lines. 

Soon  after  sundown  Sunday,  June  I4th,  the  regiment  broke 
camp  in  silence,  and  started  on  the  long  march  to  the  Potomac. 
They  marched  until  about  midnight,  when  they  halted  at  Stafford 
for  a  little  rest.  Before  dawn  the  march  was  resumed  and  con 
tinued  to  Dumfries,  which  was  reached  about  noon.  The  regi 
ment  was  the  rear-guard  and  the  enemy  was  not  far  behind  them. 

June  i6th  the  march  was  continued,  being  a  very  fatiguing 
one,  as  the  men  were  out  of  practice,  the  day  very  hot  and  no 
air  stirring.  At  evening  the  regiment  halted  at  a  place  called 
Wolf  Run  Shoals,  having  come  some  twenty-five  miles.  Colonel 
Smyth,  of  the  ist.  Delaware,  being  senior  officer,  was  in  con,- 
mand  of  the  brigade.  Here  at  Wolf  Run  Shoals  was  stationed 
the  Second  Connecticut  Light  Battery.  Most  of  the  men  of  the 
battery  had  been  recruited  at  Bridgeport,  the  home  of  many  of 
the  members  of  Company  A  of  the  Fourteenth.  There  were 
hearty  greetings  and  a  short  time  was  spent  by  friend  visiting 
friend. 

June  1 7th  the  regiment  resumed  its  march,  reaching  the 
vicinity  of  Fairfax  Court  House  that  evening.  Sergeant  Hirst 
relates  the  experiences  of  the  day  as  follows: — -"It  was  a  terrible 
day,  the  weather  being  hot  and  sultry.  The  roads  were,  ground 
to  powder  by  the  thousands  of  men  who  had  preceded  cis,  which 
made  our  progress  very  slow,  and  strong  men  wilted  down  as 
though  blasted  by  something  in  the  air.  Being  on  the  rear 
guard,  T  saw  several  cases  of  sunstroke The  ambu 
lances  were  soon  filled  with  used  up  men,  while  hundreds  of 


The  March  from  Falmouth  to  Gettysburg. 


13 


others  had  to  be  urged  along,  as  we  were  not  allowed  to  leave 

one  living  man  behind The   highway   was   reserved 

for  the  artillery,  army  wagons  and  ambulances  ;  in  the  fields  on 
each  side  of  the  road  marched  the  infantry,  covered  on  the 
flanks  by  skirmishers  and  light  horsemen.  It  is  strange  how 
generous  men  become  on  a  march.  Do  yon  want  a  pack  of 
cards,  a  book,  a  blanket,  a  pair  of  drawers  or  perhaps  an  old  iron 


JOSEPH  L.   PIERCE. 

The  only  Chinaman  inlisted  in  the  Armv  of  the  Potomac. 


kettle?  Xo. — down  they  go  in  the  road.  All  along  each  side 
of  the  road  are  strewn  hundreds  of  blankets,  overcoats,  and 
even  pants  and  vests.  These  various  articles  were  made  into 
piles  and  burrved  by  the  rear-guard  as  we  moved  slowly  along." 
While  encamped  at  Centerville.  June  njth.  the  monotony  of 
the  camp  was  broken  by  the  cleaning  out  of  a  sutler.  Major 
Hincks  reports  this  incident  as  follows : — "This  morning  1  wit- 


1  32  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

nessed  for  the  first  time  and  from  a  distance,  the  not  uncommon 
spectacle  of  clearing  out  a  sutler.  The  victim  selected  is  usually, 
though  not  always,  one  who  has  inspired  general  indignation  by 
excessively  high  prices  for  his  goods,  and  the  manner  of  his 
punishment  is  on  this  wise.  The  guy-ropes  that  hold  up  his 
large  store  tent  are  secretly  cut,  the  tent,  of  course,  collapses, 
and  in  the  general  confusion  the  numerous  and  often  apparently 
sympathizing  bystanders  help  themselves  to  all  the  plunder  they 
can  conveniently  lay  hands  on.  This,  of  course,  is  sheer  rob 
bery,  yet  the  sutler's  business  in  many  instances  is  not  much 
better.  The  proper  remedy  would  be  for  the  government  to 
employ  a  man  to  furnish  the  troops  at  cost  or  a  reasonable 
profit  such  articles  as  stationery,  tobacco,  underclothing,  etc. 
Perhaps  some  of  the  chaplains  could  be  made  useful  in  this  way." 

June  20th  the  march  was  resumed  to  Gainesville.  An  inci 
dent  of  the  march  still  remembered  by  many  of  the  members  of 
the  Fourteenth  was  the  meeting  of  a  Xew  York  regiment,  just 
added  to  the  brigade,  who  appeared  to  have  been  well  drilled, 
but  had  not  seen  service.  Their  uniforms  were  fresh  and  tidy 
and  the  men  wore  white  gloves  and  standing  collars.  This  con 
trast  with  the  tattered,  worn  and  faded  garments  of  the  men  of 
the  Fourteenth,  who  had  passed  through.  Antietam,  Fredericks- 
burg  and  Chancellorsville,  and  their  long  fatiguing  marches, 
caused  some  of  the  latter  regiment  to  jeer  and  remark  that  the 
starch  would  soon  be  taken  out  of  them.  The  next  day  an 
officer  in  command  of  this  dandy  regiment  made  a  complaint 
to  Major  Ellis  that  his  men  had  been  insulted  by  the  members 
of  the  Fourteenth  hooting  at  them  and  calling  them  white  gloved 
gentry. 

The  same  day  the  march  was  over  a  portion  of  the  scene  of 
the  second  Bull  Run  battle,  where  the  men  were  reminded  of  the 
engagement  of  the  year  previous.  Half  buried  bones  of  Federal 
soldiers  could  be  seen  everywhere,  trees  were  broken,  and  the 
usual  amount  of  army  debris  that  is  left  by  a  conflict  between 
two  opposing  forces.  Day  by  day  and  step  by  step  the  regiment 
was  approaching  the  future  memorable  battle-field  of  Gettys 
burg. 


The  March  from  Falmouth  to  Gettysburg.  133 

On  the  evening  of  June  24th  the  regiment  camped  at  Gum 
Spring,  in  a  severe  rain  storm,  and  remained  here  until  next 
day,  when  they  proceeded  toward  the  Potomac,  reaching  Ed 
ward's  Ferry  in  the  afternoon.  After  some  delay  incident  to  the 
laying  of  a  pontoon  bridge,  which,  soon  after  dark,  the  regiment 
passed  over,  and  were  again  in  Maryland.  A  couple  of  miles 
farther  on  the  regiment  turned  into  a  wheat  field  about  two 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  where,  tired  and  jaded,  the  men  slept 
until  long  after  sunrise. 

The  march  was  continued  toward  Frederick  City,  camp  being 
made  June  28th,  within  a  mile  or  twro  of  the  town.  June  2Qth 
the  march  was  resumed  toward  Uniontown,  a  distance  of  thirty- 
two  miles,  and  was  the  longest  and  most  tedious  march  since  the 
regiment  entered  the  service.  Many  of  the  members  of  the  regi 
ment  had  kind  remembrances  of  their  reception  at  Frederick  City 
on  the  march  to  Antietam,  and  were  disappointed  when  the 
column  turned  to  the  right  and  did  not  pass  through  the  city. 
About  ten  o'clock  a  small  brook  was  forded,  the  men  not  being 
allowed  to  remove  their  shoes  or  roll  up  their  trousers  on  ac 
count  of  the  delay  it  might  occasion.  This  caused  the  dust  and 
fine  gravel  to  adhere  to  their  trousers,  which  soon  found  its  way 
into  the  worn  shoes,  causing  many  of  them  to  become  foot-sore. 
A  halt  of  more  than  five  minutes  at  a  time  was  not  made  during 
the  day.  During  the  march  the  line  passed  through  Liberty, 
Johnson ville  and  Union  I  bridge,  and  about  ten  o'clock  camped 
near  I  niontown,  the  men  being  verv  much  exhausted.  The 
citizens  here  were  very  kind  to  the  boys,  furnishing  them  with 
fresh  bread,  cherries,  milk  and  other  luxuries  at  nominal  prices. 

A  congratulatory  order  was  read  to  the  troops  from  General 
Hancock  on  their  endurance  of  the  march.  It  was  during  this 
tarry  at  I  niontown  that  the  troops  were  informed  of  the  change 
in  commanders.  General  Meade  having  been  appointed  to  suc 
ceed  General  Hooker.  For  the  fourth  time  during  their  service 
of  ten  months  the  regiment  was  destined  to  go  to  its  fourth 
battle  under  a  new  commanding  general.  They  had  had  Mc- 
Clellan  at  Antietam,  IHirnside  at  Fredericksburg,  Hooker  at 
Chancellorsville  and  were  to  have  Meade  at  Gettysburg.  Con- 


34 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


sidering  their  experience  in  the  three  battles  mentioned,  can  it  be 
any   wonder  that   they   received  the  news   with  satisfaction  ? 

The  regiment  remained  at  Vniontown  until  the  morning  of 
July  ist,  when  orders  to  march  were  given,  and  they  moved 
rapidly  toward  Taneytown,  halting  for  a  couple  of  hours,  when 
they  moved  forward  and  crossed  the  Pennsylvania  line,  con 
tinuing  until  they  reached  a  point  within  two  or  three  miles  of 
Gettysburg  at  about  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening.  They  heard 
sharp  artillery  firing  in  their  front,  which  indicated  that  the  men 
would  soon  have  work.  Here  we  will  leave  them  on  the  edge 
of  this  supreme  battle-field  of  their  experience  for  another 
chapter. 


CHAPTER  IX. 
Gettysburg. 

Elated  at  his  successful  retreat  through  the  dilatoririess  of 
AlcClellan  and  lUiruside  at  Antietam,  and  his  positive  victories 
along  the  Rappahannock,  at  Eredericksburg  and  Chancellors- 
ville,  General  Lee  determined  to  make  his  second  invasion  upon 
the  territory  of  a  loyal  state.  Doubtless  this  was  prompted  by 
pressure  from  the  Confederate  capital,  which  was  as  urgent  that 
he  should  move  on  to  Washington,  as  the  authorities  at  the 
I-ederal  capital  were  anxious  to  press  the  Union  generals  for 
ward  to  Richmond.  To  do  this  it  was  necessary  that  Lee  should 
disengage  Hooker  from  the  Rappahannock,  and  relieve  the 
anxietv  at  Richmond.  Consequently  on  the  3d  of  June,  leaving 
A.  1).  1  lill's  Corps  at  Fredericksburg,  as  a  mask  to  his  moving 
army,  Long-street's  Division  marched  to  Culpepper  Court  House, 
and  Lwell's  Corps  moved  toward  the  mouth  of  the  Shenandoah 
Valley.  Hooker,  aware  that  there  was  some  movement  of  the 
Confederate  army,  was  yet  somewhat  in  the  dark  as  to  its  pur- 
(i35) 


1  36  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

posed  object.  He  therefore  sent  Sedg  wick's  corps  on  the  6th. 
across  the  Rappahannock  at  Franklin's  crossing  to  make  a  closer 
reconnoissance,  but  as  Hill  remained  in  position,  all  that  Sedg- 
wick  discovered  was  that  the  enemy  was  in  force.  Stuart's 
Cavalry  had  been  concentrated  at  Culpepper  before  the  arrival 
of  Longstreet's  Corps.  Hooker,  becoming  aware  of  this,  de 
termined  to  send  his  whole  cavalry  force  to  break  up  Stuart's 
camp.  Accordingly  on  the  (jth  General  Pleasaton  was  ordered 
across  the  Rappahannock  to  meet  Stuart,  whom  he  repulsed. 

This  encounter  disclosed  to  Hooker  a  knowledge  of  Lee's  in 
vasion  of  a  Northern  state.  That  the  intelligence  was  startling 
and  required  decisive  and  energetic  movement  need  hardly  be 
said.  To  meet  this  emergency.  Hooker  threw  out  his  right  along 
the  Rappahannock,  while  the  cavalry  still  held  the  upper  forks 
of  the  river.  Lee  upon  reaching  Winchester,  and  moving  on  to 
ward  York  and  Chambersburg,  recalled  the  troops,  ordering  them 
to  concentrate  at  Gettysburg.  In  breaking  up  his  camps  along 
the  Rappahannock,  Hooker  moved  his  left  and  center  on  the  road 
direct  to  Washington,  following  and  covering  the  line  of  the 
Orange  and  Alexandria  Railroad. 

Of  the  march  of  that  portion  of  the  army  in  which  we  are 
particularly  interested,  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  of  the  Second 
Corps,  we  have  already  spoken  in  detail  in  the  preceding  chapter. 

General  Hancock,  who  had  meantime  taken  command  of  the 
Second  Corps,  was  summoned  to  assume  the  command  of  Gen 
eral  Reynolds,  if  he  should  be  killed  or  seriously  wounded,  and 
to  report  if  in  his  mind  Gettysburg  was  a  suitable  place  for 
battle.  Hancock  arrived  soon  after  the  repulse  of  the  First  and 
Eleventh  Corps,  and  the  death  of  Reynolds.  All  was  confusion 
and  chaos.  Dispatching  Major  Mitchell  of  his  staff  to  General 
Meade,  he  reported  that  in  his  opinion  Gettysburg  offered  a 
suitable  position  for  defense,  although  somewhat  exposed  to  be 
turned  by  the  left. 

The  battle  of  Gettysburg  has  been  called  "The  Waterloo  of 
the  war  between  the  states."  True  it  is  that  here  the  cause  of 
the  Confederacy  touched  its  high  water  mark.  It  is  not  the 
province  of  this  writing  to  enter  into  the  details  of  the  battle  of 


Gettysburg.  137 

Gettysburg.  It  has  always  been  a  fruitful  theme  for  the  writers' 
pen.  Its  intensity,  the  surrounding  circumstances,  its  sangui 
nary  character,  and  its  final  result,  have  always  been  a  favorite 
study  of  all  classes.  Historians  have  written  of  it,  artists  have 
painted  it,  poets  have  sung  of  it,  and  military  chieftains  have 
studied  it.  We  must,  however,  tell  so  much  of  it  as  will  enable 
us  to  depict  the  part  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  played.  Let  us 
then  for  a  moment  look  at  the  field. 

Looking  westward  from  Gettysburg,  the  horizon  of  vision  is 
bounded  at  a  distance  of  ten  miles  by  the  range  known  as  the 
South  Mountain,  which,  running  north  and  south,  forms  the 
eastern  wall  of  the  Cumberland  Valley.  The  landscape  has  a 
rolling  and  diversified  surface  caused  by  numerous  ridges  which 
run  nearlv  parallel  with  the  South  Mountain  range.  The  town 
of  Gettysburg  nestles  at  the  base  of  one  of  these  ranges.  At  the 
distance  of  half  a  mile  to  the  west  of  the  town  is  another  ridge, 
called,  from  the  Theological  Seminary  that  stands  thereon. 
Seminary  Ridge.  At  the  town  still  another  ridge  bends  east 
ward  and  southward  in  an  angle  formed  by  Cemetery  and  Gulps 
Hills.  Cemetery  Hill  is  so  called  from  being  the  burial  place  of 
the  town.  The  distance  across  the  interval  between  Seminary 
and  Cemetery  Hills  is  about  a  mile.  The  Emmettsburg  road 
runs  through  this  interval  to  Gettysburg,  somewhat  nearer  Ceme 
tery  Hill.  This  ridge  extends  from  Cemetery  Hill  about  three 
miles  and  terminates  in  a  high,  rocky,  wooded  peak,  named 
Round  Top,  near  which  rises  a  rough  and  bald  spur  of  the  same, 
which  is  called  Little  Round  Top.  The  slopes  and  the  interval 
abound  in  cultivated  fields,  with  here  and  there  patches  of  woods. 
These  ridges  have  a  favorable  slope  to  the  rear,  affording  ample 
cover  for  reserves  and  trains,  and  a  gentle  undulating  slope  to 
ward  the  west. 

We  quote  from  Walker's  "History  of  the  Second  Army  Corps" 
of  the  general  distribution  of  the  forces  on  the  second  morning : — 
"On  the  morning  of  July  2(1,  the  troops  were  disposed  with 
reference  to  an  anticipated  attack  from  General  Lee,  at  an  early 
hour,  as  follows :  General  Slocum  was  in  command  of  the  right 
wing,  which  consisted  of  the  Twelfth,  Eleventh  and  First  Corps, 


1  38  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

occupying  Gulps  Hill  on  the  extreme  right  and  Cemetery  Hill  on 
the  right  center.  General  Hancock's  Corps  was  designated  to 
occupy  Cemetery  Ridge,  forming  the  left  center.  The  Third 
Corps,  under  General  Sickles,  was  to  hold  the  left.  It  was  Gen 
eral  A I  cade's  intention  that  this  corps  should  be  stretched  out 
toward  the  Round  Tops." 

Returning    to  trace  the  movements  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment, 


Position  of  the  vSecond  Corps  at  Gettysburg. 


it  will  he  remembered  we  left  them  on  the  night  of  July  1st., 
resting  within  two  or  three  miles  of  Gettysburg.  About  ten 
o'clock  the  regiment  was  marched  out  to  do  picket  duty  along 
the  Baltimore  turnpike.  Here  the)-  remained  until  next  morning 
at  daylight,  when  they  were  ordered  to  rejoin  their  brigade.  Of 
this  second  day,  Major  Hincks  says: — "This  morning  the  mist 
hung  thick  and  heavy  over  the  ground.  We  were  recalled  from 
the  picket  line  soon  after  dawn  and  followed  a  narrow  and 
rugged  road  which  gradually  ascended  toward  the  front.  After 
we  had  marched  perhaps  a  couple  of  miles,  we  passed  a  little 
cottage,  I  think  of  only  one  story,  hardly  large  enough  to  be  digni 
fied  with  the  title  of  a  house.  This  building  was  occupied  by 
General  Meade  as  headquarters,  and  we  saw  quite  a  number  of 
horses  saddled  and  tied  to  the  garden  fence.  A  few  rods 


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further  on  we  turned  off  from  the  road  to  the  left,  and  after  go 
ing  up  a  little  ascent,  the  brigade  was  halted  in  column  by  regi 
ments  on  a  grassy  field  or  plateau  of  considerable  size.  In  front 
of  and  a  little  to  the  right  on  slightly  higher  ground  was  a  ceme 
tery,  on  the  further  edge  of  which  pieces  of  artillery  were  planted 
and  troops  stationed,  protected  by  a  rough  rifle-pit  or  barricade. 
Immediately  in  front  of  us,  when  the  mist  had  lifted,  we  could 
see  across  the  plain  the  distant  spires  and  houses  of  Gettysburg. 
A  little  in  advance  of  us  and  to  our  left,  in  a  grove  of  trees,  was 


Meade's  Headquarters  on  Taneytown  Road. 


a  battery  of  brass  pieces,  Woodruff's  regular  battery,  I  was  told. 
Here  the  line  made  a  sharp  bend  toward  the  south,  just  taking 
in  the  farmhouse  and  its  outbuildings,  and  extending  toward  our 
rear  for  a  long  distance  until  it  was  finally  lost  to  view  in  the 
woods  and  mountains.  \Ve  tarried  in  this  field  for  the  remainder 
of  the  day,  the  men  keeping  their  accouterments  on  and  remain 
ing  close  by  their  stacks  of  arms." 

It  was  in  this  field  that  an  accident  occurred,  which  came  near 
costing  Captain  Coit  of  Company  K  his  life,  and  deprived  the 


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regiment  for  a  time  of  the  services  of  a  brave  and  faithful  officer. 
A  drummer-boy,  was  mounted  on  an  officer's  horse,  which  he  was 
taking  to  the  rear.  The  horse  evidently  becoming  frightened  by 
the  noise  of  the  tumult,  threw  the  boy  to  the  ground,  and  plunged 
forward  to  where  the  regiment  lay.  Men  got  out  of  the  way  as 
rapidly  as  possible,  and  all  succeeded,  excepting  Captain  Coir, 
who  was  just  rising  in  the  act  of  drawing  his  saber,  when  the 
horse  \vas  upon  him,  striking  him  full  in  the  face  and  breast,  h 
was  a  wonder  that  he  was  not  killed  or,  at  least,  badly  disfigured, 
but  in  a  few  days  the  captain  was  able  to  return  to  his  reg;ment. 
and  afterwards  passed  through  many  of  the  prominent  battles 
with  it. 


A  portion  of  the  Field  at  Gettysburg. 


The  regiment  remained  here  until  about  four  o'clock,  when 
it  was  moved  about  two  hundred  yards  further  toward  the  left, 
passing  through  an  apple  orchard  and  halting  on  its  further  edge, 
quite  near  the  headquarters  of  General  Hays,  commanding  the 
division.  Here  the  regiment  was  placed  behind  a  loosely  con- 


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structed  stone  wall,  which  commenced  near  the  house  and  ran 
south  for  a  mile  or  two  until  lost  to  sight  among-  the  woods  and 
mountains.  This  was  the  ground  occupied  by  the  regiment  dur 
ing  the  rest  of  the  battle.  This  arrangement  made  it  face  the 
west  and  occupy  the  ground  which  had  been  filled  by  the  New 
York  brigade.  In  front  was  a  large  and  gently  sloping  plain 
several  miles  in  length  from  north  to  south,  and  perhaps  ore 
mile  in  width.  At  its  opposite  side  was  a  thick  belt  of  woods, 
occupied  by  the  enemy,  behind  which  was  a  lofty  range  of  hills. 
About  midway  of  the  plain  were  two  picket  lines. 


Hay's  Headquarters. 


While  the  regiment  lay  here  in  support  of  Arnold's  First 
Rhode  Island  Battery,  heavy  firing  was  heard  on  the  right,  ap 
parently  several  miles  away,  the  sound  advancing  and  retreating 
as  if  the  tide  of  battle  swayed  back  and  forth.  Somewhat  later 
there  was  also  heavy  firing  upon  the  left.  As  darkness  ap 
proached,  the  scene  was  very  grand  and  impressive,  the  ground 


142  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

seemed  to  shake  from  the  thunder  of  the  heavy  guns,  whose 
bright  flashes  could  be  seen,  followed  by  loud  reports.  Gradually 
the  firing  grew  less  frequent  and  by  half  past  ten  ceased  alto 
gether  and  all  was  quiet  for  the  night. 

Sergeant  E.  B.  Tyler  of  Company  B  gives  an  interesting  ac 
count  of  the  regiment's  experience  that  night  and  the  next  morn 
ing  as  follows : — "That  night  as  we  lay,  our  knapsacks  plumb  up 
to  the  base  of  the  stone  wall  and  pillowed  our  heads  thereon,  not 
being  allowed  to  divest  ourselves  of  any  other  arms  or  equip 
ments,  we  sought  for  the  rest  and  sleep  we  so  much  needed. 
Arnold's  Rhode  Island  Battery  just  to  the  left  of  us  finally 
quieted  down,  although  I  think  we  could  have  slept  notwith 
standing  that,  but  when  suddenly  there  rang  out  the  volleys  of 
musketry,  the  roar  of  artillery  and  the  rebel  yells  of  the  Louis 
iana  Tigers  over  on  East  Cemetery  Hill,  every  vestige  of  sleep 
was  dispelled  and  every  man  on  the  qui  vive  for  there  is  some 
thing  weird,  mysterious  and  almost  unearthly  in  a  sudden  night 
attack.  Then  .came  the  clattering  of  mounted  messengers,  the 
clear  ringing  orders  of  Carroll,  as  with  the  First  Brigade  of  our 
division,  they  rushed  across  the  cemetery  to  the  relief  of  the 
Eleventh  Corps  and  by  their  timely  aid  can  be  attributed  the 
repulse  and  almost  annihilation  of  the  desperately  attacking 
Tigers. 

On  the  morning  of  the  3d  Companies  B  and  D  were  ordered 
out  on  the  skirmish  line,  with  our  reserve  lying  in  the  little  de 
pression  of  the  Emmettsburg  road.  Those  of  us  detailed  to  go 
out  on  the  line  crawled  out  across  the  wheat  field  to  the  fence 
beyond  and  lying  upon  the  ground  behind  the  posts  and  lower 
rails  of  the  fence,  began  the  sharp-shooters  drill  of  the  day.  The 
space  between  us  and  the  rebel  skirmish  line  was  open  and  clear 
in  the  main  and  the  least  showing  of  head,  hand  or  foot  was  an 
invitation  for  a  target  of  the  same.  One  thing  we  soon  learned 
and  that  was  the  puff  of  smoke  from  our  rifles  when  we  fired 
made  an  unpleasantly  close  target  even  when  we  were  sure  we 
were  unseen  ourselves.  We  were  stationed  two  or  three  fence 
lengths  apart  and  although  we  could  hardly  see  each  other,  for 
previous  to  Pickett's  charge  the  standing  grain  afforded  consider- 


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able  protection  from  view,  we  occasionally  spoke  to  one  another 
on  either  hand  for  companionship  or  to  ascertain  if  each  was  all 
right.  A  comrade,  1  think  it  was  Hiram  Fox,  next  to  me  on  the 
left,  said  he  had  spoken  to  Corporal  Huxam,  who  was  next  to 
him  on  the  left,  but  obtained  no  reply.  I  suggested  to  him  to 
crawl  over  to  Huxam's  position  and  see  if  all  was  right.  He  did 
so  and  reported  back  that  Huxam  was  dead,  shot  through  the 
head.  He  had  evidently  become  tired  of  lying  flat  upon  the 
ground  and  firing  through  the  lower  rails,  and  risen  up  to  a 
kneeling  position  and  was  aiming  through  the  middle  rails  of 
the  fence,  a  risk  the  rebel  sharp-shooters  had  quickly  availed 
themselves  of,  and  not  unlikely  the  very  one  that  had  attracted 
Huxam's  attention  was  the  one  that  proved  too  quick  for  him  and 
tired  the  fatal  shot." 


Marker  for  the  Bliss  Barn  site  at  Gettysburg. 


The  regiment  at  this  time  numbered  one  hundred  and  sixty 
men,  about  forty  of  whom  were  doing  picket  duty  in  front  of 
its  line.  Somewhat  to  the  right  and  about  twenty-five  hundred 
feet  away  were  the  farm  buildings,  house  and  barn,  of  William 


144  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

Bliss.  Mr.  Bliss  was  like  many  other  farmers  who  give  more 
attention  to  the  architecture  and  pretentiousness  of  their  barns 
than  they  do  to  their  houses.  This  barn  was  a  rambling  struc 
ture  seventy-five  feet  long  and  thirty-five  feet  wide.  It  was  a 
solid  oak  frame  incased  by  a  stone  wall  one  story  in  height,  and 
then  of  brick.  It  was  plentifully  supplied  with  doors  and  win 
dows  and  hastily  made  apertures.  It  was  indeed  a  vertible  fort. 
It  became  known  to  the  boys  as  the  "bank  barn,"  so  called  by 
having  an  earthwork  driveway  extending  from  the  sill  of  the 
second  floor  and  sloping  gradually  back  to  the  level  ground. 
The  Confederate  sharp-shooters  were  not  long  in  seeing  the  ad 
vantage  of  this  improvised  fort  and  soon  every  window,  door  and 
crevice  showed  the  protuding  muzzles  of  long  range  rifles  ready 
to  do  their  deadly  work.  During  the  later  hours  of  the  2d.  of 
July  it  was  found  that  these  rifles  were  picking  off  officers  and 
men  along  the  skirmish  line  which  it  commanded.  Consequently 
the  First  Delaware  Regiment  was  sent  out  to  capture  the  build 
ings  and  took  the  ground  and  some  prisoners,  but  were  obliged 
to  return.  Then  four  companies  of  the  Twelfth  Xew  Jersey 
were  detailed  for  the  duty  of  capturing  the  grounds  and  build 
ings.  They  charged  in  good  style  and  captured  them,  taking  a 
large  number  of  prisoners  and  losing  some  of  their  own  men. 
They  were  withdrawn  after  dark.  On  the  morning  of  July  3d., 
about  half  past  seven,  five  other  companies  of  the  Twelfth  Xew 
Jersey  again  captured  the  barn,  taking  more  prisoners,  nnd  re 
turned  again  to  the  line.  And  again  this  military  eelpot  was  set 
to  catch  a  fresh  batch  of  slippery  Confederates.  Finding  the 
firing  intolerable,  especially  to  the  men  of  Arnold's  Battery  on 
the  crest,  as  well  as  those  on  the  skirmish  line,  General  Hays 
ordered  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  to  capture  the  buildings  "to 
stay."  Captain  S.  A.  Moore,  with  four  companies  of  the  regi 
ment,  numbering  some  fifty  or  sixty  men,  was  sent  down  to 
capture  the  brick  barn.  To  reach  the  barn  was  a  perilous  task 
and  no  man  coveted  the  work.  After  passing  up  toward  head 
quarters  and  down  a  lane  across  the  Emmettsburg  road,  it  was 
then  necessary  to  cross  a  field,  a  distance  of  nearly  eighteen 
hundred  feet,  Reaching  this  field,  they  were  given  orders  to 


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break  and  each  man  reach  the  barn  as  best  he  could.  In  doing 
this  the  desperate  character  of  the  undertaking  was  realized,  as 
they  were  open  to  the  fire  of  the  skirmish  line  and  the  sharp 
shooters  in  the  barn,  together  with  a  flanking  fire  from  the 
brigades  of  Thomas  and  McGowan  located  in  "Long  Lane,"  but 
such  was  the  dash  and  the  wild  fury  of  the  approach  that  the 
Confederates  left  the  barn  in  haste,  giving  only  parting  shots. 
Captain  Moore  was  the  first  to  enter  the  barn  and  the  Federal 
soldiers  were  soon  in  full  command.  Several  prisoners  were 


The  Knowlton  Marker  at  the  site  of  the  Bliss  House. 


taken.  The  Confederates,  however,  took  possession  of  the  house 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  away,  and  sheltered  as  best  they 
could  in  that  and  the  peach  orchard  adjoining,  where  from  thest 
two  sources  they  continued  the  firing.  Some  of  the  men  were 
wounded  in  the  run  to  the  barn,  and  soon  after  they  occupied 
the  barn,  a  shell  struck  it,  killing  Sergeant  Clements  and  wound 
ing  others.  On  the  way  to  the  barn  Lieutenant  Seward  of  Com 
pany  I  was  shot  through  the  body  and  Lieutenant  Seymour  of 
the  same  company  was  shot  through  the  leg.  Finding  that  the 


146  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

capture  of  the  barn  did  not  remedy  the  trouble,  orders  were  given 
Major  Ellis  to  take  the  remaining  four  companies  of  the  regiment, 
the.  other  two  companies  being  out  as  skirmishers,  and  capture 
the  house.  Leaving  the  colors  and  the  color-guard  at  the  wall, 
the  route  of  Major  Ellis  to  the  house  was  much  more  exposed 
to  the  Confederate- sharp-shooters'  firing  than  was  the  first  detail, 
but  on  they  went,  with  a  vim  of  determination  which  character 
ized  the  men  of  the  command.  It  was  like  dodging  ten  thousand 
shafts  of  lighting.  They  soon  reached  the  house,  but  lost  some 
men  on  the  way.  The  Confederates  left  the  house  as  precipi 
tately  as  they  did  the  barn,  some  of  their  parting  shots  killing 
Sergeant  Baldwin  of  Company  I,  and  John  Eox  of  Company  A 
was  seriously  wounded  in  the  thigh. 

Things  now  began  to  look  serious  for  the  brave  men  who  had 
driven  out  the  Confederates,  now  posted  in  the  rear.  The  house 
proved  a  shallow  protection  and  most  of  Major  Ellis'  detail  went 
to  the  barn.  As  there  were  no  windows  or  opportunities  to  fire 
in  the  rear  of  the  barn,  it  looked  as  if  the  men  were  at  the  mercy 
of  the  enemy,  "in  a  trap  and  liable  to  be  exterminated."  They 
had  received  orders  to  capture  the  buildings  "to  stay"  and  the 
faithful  men  knew  no  other  course  than  to  obey  commands. 
Lieutenant  Seymour  first  suggested  to  Colonel  Smyth  that  "If, 
in  the  event  of  capturing  the  house  and  barn,  the  rebs  make  it 
so  hot  we  can't  hold  them,  shall  we  fire  them?"  Colonel  Smyth 
at  first  gave  no  reply,  but  later  gave  orders  to  the  lieutenant 
in  such  an  event  to  fire  the  buildings.  Lieutenant  Seymour  fell 
helpless,  and  the  line  rushed  on,  so  that  the  order  did  not  reach 
the  men,  and  they,  being  in  ignorance  of  the  existence  of  such 
an  order,  held  on  in  their  beleaguered  places.  Later  General 
Hays  sent  instructions  to  burn  the  buildings.  Captain  Postles,  of 
Colonel  Smyth's  staff,  was  dispatched  with  the  order  to  Major 
Ellis  to  burn  the  buildings.  Captain  Postles  bounded  off  on  his 
magnificent  charger,  going  over  the  ground  like  a  hurricane, 
fully  aware  of  the  dangerous  character  of  his  mission.  He,  how 
ever,  reached  the  barn,  delivered  the  order  and  returned  to  head 
quarters  in  safety.  Xo  sooner  was  the  order  given  than  the  men 
proceeded  to  execute  it.  The  barn  was  set  fire  in  different  places 


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and  a  straw  bed  in  the  bouse  proved  a  convenient  dispenser  of 
flame.  Then  the  men,  taking-  up  the  dead  and  wounded,  started 
back  for  the  wall,  running  the  same  gantlet  as  when  they  went 
to  the  barn.  They  had  done  their  work  well  and  when  they 
reached  the  Emmettsburg  road  both  buildings  were  in  flames. 
It  is  not  to  be  wondered  that  such  a  gallant  and  perilous  deed 
as  capturing  and  burning  these  buildings,  one  of  the  bravest  dur 
ing  the  whole  progress  of  the  war,  should  be  claimed  by  other 
regiments  and  companies,  but  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  the 


The  Monument  on  the  right  is  that  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. 


Fourteenth  Regiment  must  be  credited  this  heroic  deed.  Fot 
several  years  after  the  close  of  the  war  there  was  a  spirited  con 
troversy  as  to  whom  this  honor  should  belong,  it  being  finally 
decided  by  Colonel  Bachelder,  the  authorized  historian  of  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  to  whom  all  the  evidence  and  affidavits 
were  forwarded.  He  admitted  the  claim  and  decided  that  it  be 
longed  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  alone. 


148  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

In  Walker's  "History  of  the  Second  Army  Corps"  he  says:—- 
"General  Alexander  Hays,  finding  the  enemy's  skirmishers  again 
troubling  him  from  the  Bliss  barn,  sent  forward  a  detachment 
from  the  Twelfth  Xew  Jersey,  which  captured  the  barn,  with 
the  Confederate  skirmish  reserve.  At  a  still  later  hour  in  the 
morning,  the  enemy  again  occupying  this  position,  General  Hays 
ordered  a  detachment  from  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut,  Major 
Ellis,  to  take  the  buildings  and  burn  them  to  the  ground.  The 
Fourteenth  acquitted  itself  handsomely,  losing  ten  killed  and 
fifty-two  wounded." 

Colonel  Smyth  in  his  official  report  of  the  battle  says:-  -"The 
barn  and  house  near  it,  being  reoccupied  by  the  enemy's  sharp 
shooters,  an  order  was  received  from  General  Hays,  commanding 
the  division,  to  take  the  barn  and  house  at  all  hazards  and  hold  it. 
The  Fourteenth  Connecticut  was  detailed  on  this  service,  which  it 
gallantly  performed.  Soon  after  an  order  came  from  General 
Hays  to  burn  the  house  and  barn,  and  they  were  accordingly 
fired." 

Returning  to  their  former  position  at  the  wall,  it  was  found 
that  the  First  Delaware  Regiment  occupied  the  ground  which 
they  had  left.  Major  Ellis  therefore  stationed  the  men  about 
two  rods  in  the  rear. 


The  ground  over  which  Pickett's  Division  advanced. 


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Major  Hincks  gives  the  experience  of  the  regiment: — 'At 
about  one  o'clock  there  hurst  upon  us  most  unexpectedh  the 
heaviest  cannonade  I  had  ever  witnessed.  Without  waiting  for 
orders,  which  could  hardly  have  been  heard,  we  advanced  with 
one  impulse  for  a  few  paces  and  lay  down  just  behind  the  First 
Delaware  men,  who  had  taken  our  places  at  the  wall.  By  the 
good  providence  of  ( iod,  the  enemy's  guns  were  pointed  so  that 
the  shot  mainly  cleared  us  and  went  over  the  crest  of  the  hill  into 
the  valley  beyond,  where,  as  we  afterwards  learned,  they  sup 
posed  our  troops  were  massed.  Else  it  would  seem  that  our 
little  line  by  the  stone  wall  could  hardly  have  escaped  being 
swept  away.  The  wall,  being  built  on  a  ledge  of  rock,  took 
those  shot  that  fell  short  and  bounded  off  instead  of  burying 
themselves  in  the  ground  beneath  us  and  then  exploding,  tear 
ing  in  pieces  those  lying  above,  as  I  knew  them  to  do  in  the 
grove  further  to  our  right.  I  mention  these  things  to  account 
for  the  singularly  little  damage  we  sustained  from  its  terrific 
fire.  The  battery  on  our  left,  under  Captain  Arnold,  sustained 
a  more  serious  loss.  Its  guns  kept  up  a  steady  reply  for  more 
than  an  hour,  though  T  am  at  a  loss  to  know  what  they  could 
have  seen  to  fire  at.  the  smoke  was  so  thick.  So  very  thick  was 
it  that  the  sun  seemed  blotted  out.  ( )ne  of  the  guns  was 
directly  behind  me  and  at  every  discharge,  the  concussion  would 
throw  gravel  over  me  and  I  could  not  only  see  and  smell  the 
thick  cloud  of  burning  powder,  but  could  taste  it  also.  I  lay 
with  my  arm  thrown  over  Eddy  Hart  and  so  hot  was  it  that 
the  drops  of  perspiration  falling  from  my  face  made  mud  of  the 
dusty  soil  on  which  we  were  stretched.  Xo  one  moved  or 
spoke  save  the  gunners  behind  us  and  ever  and  anon  I  could  hear 
the  ringing  voice  of  the  sergeant  nearest  us  giving  command 
to  aim,  fire,  (a  tremendous  crash)  load,  to  be  after  a  brief  in 
terval  repeated.  Then  after  a  time  I  judged  that  he  was 
wounded,  for  his  voice  was  silenced,  and  out  of  the  cloud  came 
another  and  different  voice,  repeating  the  same  command.  From 
time  to  time,  we  could  hear  the  wailing  of  some  one  wounded, 
but  still  their  fire  did  not  slacken.  When  the  gunners  fell,  the 
drivers  took  their  places.  I  looked  up  once  or  twice  to  see 


150  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

brigades,  which  had  lost  their  way  in  the  blinding  sulphurous 
canopy  and  were  riving  wildly  hither  and  thither,  trying  to 
escape  from  the  storm  of  bursting  shot  and  shell,  which  filled 
the  air.  I  saw  a  fence  rail,  which  had  been  struck  by  a  shot,  go 
spinning  through  the  air  as  a  man  would  throw  a  drumstick. 
I  am  informed  that  the  thunder  of  the  guns  upon  this  occasion 
was  heard  for  nearly  a  hundred  miles  away,  and  the  story 
hardly  seems  incredible  to  one  who  was  upon  the  ground.  T 
utterly  despair  of  giving  any  idea  of  the  various  diabolical 
sounds  to  which  we  listened,  the  howling  of  the  shell  as  they 
sped  through  the  air  was  like  the  voice  of  the  tornado  upon  the 
ocean,  and  the  sound  of  their  bursting  like  incessant  crashes  of 
the  heaviest  thunder.  At  length  it  ceased  as  suddenly  as  it  had 
begun.  There  was  a  complete  calm,  the  clouds  broke,  and  we 
could  see  the  sun  shining  once  more.  Our  neighbors  of  the 
battery,  whose  ammunition  had  some  time  since  become  ex 
hausted,  profited  by  the  occasion  to  bring  up  their  horses,  which 
had  not  been  killed  or  wounded,  and  withdrew  their  guns  to  the 
rear.  One  or  two  pieces  which  had  been  pushed  out  further 
to  the  front  were  left  behind.  \Ye  rose  from  the  ground  and 
stretched  our  cramped  limbs  and,  in  our  inexperience,  thought  the 
battle  was  over,  but  Major  Fllis  was  better  posted  than  we.  'Xo,' 
said  he,  'They  mean  to  charge  with  all  their  infantry.'  'Fall  in 
Fourteenth'  was  the  order  and  after  a  little  delay  we  got  the  men 
in  their  places  in  line,  and  were  soon  in  the  place  left  vacant  by 
the  withdrawal  of  the  battery." 

Major  Broatch  speaks  of  an  incident  that  occurred  as  the  skir 
mish  line  went  out.  As  they  were  crossing  the  Emmettsburg 
road  a  Confederate  shell  struck  the  rail  fence  and  threw  a  rail 
with  much  force,  striking  Augustus  (Juild  across  the  small  of 
the  back,  felling  him  to  the  ground.  His  comrades  supposed 
he  was  killed  and  left  him  for  dead,  going  on  to  the  skirmish 
line.  \Yhen  the  Confederate  army  advanced  on  the  charge  and 
our  skirmishers  were  driven  in  William  H.  Hall  and  James 
Inglis  of  Company  B  found,  as  they  crossed  the  Emmettsburg 
road,  that  Guild  was  alive.  They  took  him  up  tenderly  and 
started  to  carry  him  in.  They  were  entreated  by  the  men  at 


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the  wall  to  leave  him  or  they  would  all  be  shot.  They  per 
sisted,  however,  in  their  endeavor,  although  under  a  heavy  fire, 
and  succeeded  in  reaching  the  wall,  and  thus  saved  his  life. 
Guild  lived  and  was  discharged  June  5,  1865. 

Deducting  the  two  companies  that  were  acting  as  skirmishers 
at  the  front  and  the  killed  and  wounded  in  the  destroying  of  the 
I  Hiss  buildings,  the  regiment  now  numbered  about  one  hundred 
men.  To  occupy  the  space  at  the  wall  left  vacant  by  the  dis 
rupted  battery,  it  was  necessary  for  the  regiment  to  stretch  out, 
leaving  only  one  line. 

All  eyes  were  turned  upon  the  front  to  catch  the  first  sight 
of  the  advancing  foe.  Slowly  it  emerged  from  the  woods,  and 
such  a  column !  Eleven  brigades  of  Pickett's  Division  advanc 
ing  obliquely  upon  the  Second  Division  of  the  Second  Corps, 
Heth's  four  brigades,  commanded  by  General  Pettegrew,  in 
front,  while  that  of  Lane  and  Scales  formed  in  their  rear. 
There  were  three  lines,  and  a  portion  of  a  fourth  line,  extending 
a  mile  or  more.  It  was,  indeed,  a  scene  of  unsurpassed  grandeur 
and  majesty.  It  is  no  wonder  that  Major  Ellis  in  his  official 
report  said  "It  was  magnificent."  As  far  as  eye  could  reach 
could  be  seen  the  advancing  troops,  their  gay  war  flags  fluttering 
in  the  gentle  summer  breeze,  while  their  sabers  and  bayonets 
flashed  and  glistened  in  the  midday  sun.  Step  by  step  they 
came,  the  music  and  rhythm  of  their  tread  resounding  upon  the 
rock-ribbed  earth.  Every  movement  expressed  determination  and 
resolute  defiance,  the  line  moving  forward  like  a  victorious  giant, 
confident  of  power  and  victory.  If  one  listened,  he  might  hear 
the  voice  of  the  commander,  "Steady  men,  steady."  There  is 
no  swaying  of  the  line,  no  faltering  of  the  step.  The  advance 
seems  as  resistless  as  the  incoming  tide.  It  was  the  last  throw 
of  the  dice  in  this  supreme  moment  of  the  great  game  of  war. 
On,  on,  they  come  and  slowly  approach  the  fence  that  skirts 
the  Emmettsburg  road.  Watchful  eyes  are  peering  through  the 
loosely  built  stone  wall.  Anxious  hearts  are  crouched  behind 
this  rude  redoubt,  flardly  can  the  men  be  restrained  from 
firing,  although  positive  orders  had  been  given  that  not  a  gun 
should  be  fired  until  the  enemy  reached  the  Emmettsburg  road. 


152  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 

It  was,  indeed,  an  anxious  moment.  One  you  can  see  is  looking 
at  the  far  oft"  home  he  will  never  see  again.  Another  is  looking 
at  his  little  ones,  as  he  mechanically  empties  his  cartridge-box 
on  the  ground  before  him,  that  he  may  load  more  quickly,  de 
termined  to  part  with  life  as  dearly  as  possible.  Others  are 
communing  with  Him  before  whom  so  many  will  shortly  have  to 
appear. 

The  skirmishers  are  driven  in,  but  not  in  confusion,  and  some 
times  about  face  to  return  the  Confederate  skirmish  fire,  and 
thus  gain  time  to  bring  in  the  killed  and  wounded. 

Slowly  the  great  line  moved  forward  until  it  reached  the 
fence.  The  men  mounted  to  cross  when  the  word  fire !  fire ! 
ran  along  the  I  nion  line,  crack!  crack!  spoke  out  the  musketry, 
and  the  men  dropped  from  the  fence  as  if  swept  by  a  gigantic 
sickle  swung  by  some  powerful  force  of  nature.  Great  gaps 
were  formed  in  the  line,  the  number  of  slain  and  wounded  could 
not  be  estimated  by  numbers,  but  must  be  measured  by  yards. 
Yet  on  came  the  second  line  in  full  face  of  the  awful  carnage. 
Xo  longer  could  the  measured  tread  be  heard,  no  longer  were 
the  orders  of  the  commanding  officers  audible  for  the  shrieks  of 
the  wounded  and  groans  of  the  dying  filled  the  air,  but  on  they 
came,  meeting  with  the  same  fate  as  their  comrades.  The  third 
line  wavered  and  faltered,  even  their  courage  forbidding  them 
to  face  such  a  storm  of  musketry.  The  color-bearers  now  ad 
vanced,  apparently  in  obedience  to  previous  orders,  and,  at 
tended  by  their  color-guards,  planted  their  battle  flags  in  the 
ground  much  nearer.  Then  the  firing  being  too  hot  for  them, 
lay  down,  waiting  for  their  men  to  advance  and  rally  around 
them.  One  of  them  in  particular  was  in  advance  of  the  others 
and  planted  his  flag  not  more  than  ten  rods  distant  from  and 
in  front  of  the  center  of  the  Fourteenth.  The  men  of  the 
regiment  still  actively  continued  firing.  Several  of  the  men  were 
fortunate  in  having  two  breech-loaders  for  while  one  was  load 
ing  the  other  was  firing.  So  rapid  was  this  firing  that  the 
barrels  became  so  hot  that  it  was  almost  impossible  to  use  them, 
some  using  the  precious  water  in  their  canteens  to  pour  upon 
the  overworked  guns.  Accounts  seem  to  agree  that  the  Con- 


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federate  line  broke  quicker  in  the  immediate  front  of  the  Four 
teenth  than  any  where  else,  and  seeing  this  a  shout  went  up 
from  the  regiment,  which  was  taken  up  and  echoed  and  reechoed 
along  the  whole  L'nion  line.  In  vain  did  the  Confederate  com 
manders  attempt  to  reform  their  broken  columns,  colors  \vere 
dropped  and  the  men  fled  in  confusion.  Major  Ellis  gave  the 
order  to  the  regiment  to  fire  left  oblique  to  dislodge  some  of  the 
Confederates  who  had  come  uncomfortably  near  the  front  of 
an  adjoining  battery.  The  regiment  had  just  turned  when  a 
daring  and  audacious  Confederate  jumped  upon  the  gun  of  a 


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battery  which  had  been  left  about  two  rods  in  front,  when  the 
battery  withdrew  for  want  of  horses,  and  waved  his  hat  in  his 
hand  for  his  comrades  to  follow.  He  did  not  remain  there  an 
instant,  but  fell  riddled  through.  With  the  help  of  the  regi 
ment's  crossfire,  the  rebels  in  front  of  the  neighboring  battery 
were  soon  in  full  retreat. 

Another  incident  connected  with  this  remarkable  record  of  the 
Fourteenth   was  the  capture  of  a  flag  by   Major  Hincks.     The 


1  54  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Confederate  color  planted  about  ten  rods  in  front  of  the  center 
of  the  regiment  still  stood.  There  were  no  rebels  standing  near 
it,  but  several  were  lying  down,  waiting  for  the  men  to  ad 
vance.  Major  Ellis  called  for  volunteers  to  capture  the  flag  and 
instantly  Major  Hincks,  Major  Broatch  and  Lieutenant  Brig- 
ham  leaped  the  wall.  Brigham  was  shot  down  by  a  retreating- 
rebel,  but  the  other  two  sped  on,  Hincks  finally  outstripping 
Broatch  ran  straight  and  swift  for  the  color,  amid  a  storm  of 
shot.  Swinging  his  saber  over  the  prostrate  Confederates  and 
uttering  a  terrific  yell,  he  seized  the  flag  and  hastily  returned  to 
the  line.  He  was  the  object  of  all  eyes  and  the  men  cheered 
him  heartily  as  he  reached  the  ranks.  It  was  the  fla«-  of  the 

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Fourteenth  Tennessee  Regiment  and  had  inscribed  upon  it  tl it- 
names  of  the  twelve  battles  in  which  the  regiment  had  partici 
pated,  viz. : — "Seven  Pines,  Mechanicsville,  Cold  Harbor,  Shep- 
ardstown,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville,  Oxhill,  Harper's 
Ferry,  Sharpsburg,  Frazier's  Farm,  Cedar  Run  and  Manasses." 
Theodore  F.  Rodenbough,  Brevet  Brigadier-General  of  the 
United  States  Army,  in  his  book  of  "Saber  and  Bayonet,"  made 
up  of  stories  of  heroism  and  military  adventure,  nas  this  to  sa) 
regarding  the  capture  of  this  flag: — "During  the  grand  assault, 
the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Regiment  was  in  position  opposite 
the  left  of  the  enemy's  advancing  lines  ;  this  regiment  was  armed 
with  Sharp's  breech-loading  rifles  and  their  fire  wras  very  severe. 
Sergeant  \Yade  of  this  regiment  says: — 'By  this  time  the  Four 
teenth  were  all  excited  ;  they  remembered  Antietam,  Fredericks- 
burg,  and  Chancellorsville,  and  over  the  wall  they  went ;  nothing 
could  stop  them,  and  soon  they  wrere  fighting  hand-to-hand  with 
the  rebels.  We  captured  six  battle-flags  and  forty  prisoners; 

and  over  one  hundred  prisoners  came  in  afterwards 

Oh,  it  was  a  glorious  day  for  the  old  Fourteenth !  One  of  the 
lieutenant-colonels  taken  by  our  regiment,  coming  up  to  nir 
thin  line,  asked  us  where  all  our  troops  were,  and  being  told  that  he 
could  see  all  there  were,  exclaimed,  'Oh  !  that  T  had  known  it  a 
half  hour  since.'  Some  of  the  prisoners  told  us  that  their  gen 
erals  told  them  they  were  fighting  nothing  but  the  Pennsylvania 


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militia,  but  when  they  saw  the  ace  of  clubs,  the  trefoil  badge  of 
the  Second  Corps,  they  all  exclaimed,  '\Ye  have  been  figliY.;ng 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac.' 

After  the  first  fire  from  the  Union  side  had  taken  effect, 
Sergeant-Major  William  B.  Hincks,  of  the  Fourteenth,  saw, 
planted  in  the  ground  some  distance  in  front,  a  rebel  Mag. 
Around  and  on  a  line  with  it  \vere  a  number  of  unwounded  men 
who  had  thrown  themselves  down  to  avoid  the  heavy  fire, 
tie  determined  to  capture  the  flag.  Leaping  over  the 
wall  he  ran  straight  for  it.  At  the  same  time  two 
or  three  others  of  his  regiment  had  started  for  the  same 
goal.  One  of  these,  an  officer,  was  brought  down  by  a  bullet 
ere  he  had  run  ten  yards.  Hincks  outstripped  the  others, 
reached  the  spot,  and  with  a  yell  seized  the  colors  by  the  staff, 
and,  waving  his  sword  over  his  head,  was  on  his  way  back  be 
fore  those  around  him  could  devine  his  purpose.  Instantly  a 
shower  of  bullets  came  all  about  him  ;  he  was  also  exposed  to  a 
scattering  fire  from  our  troops.  It  was  'running  the  gantlet/ 
indeed.  Hincks  in  his  dash  across  the  neutral  ground,  seemed 
to  bear  a  charmed  life.  As  he  neared  his  own  lines,  he  saw  the 
men  standing  up,  regardless  of  the  leaden  messengers  behind, 
and  as  he  mounted  the  wall,  trophy  in  hand,  the  regiment  to  a 
man  wildly  cheered  the  gallant  fellow.  It  proved  to  be  the 
colors  of  the  'Fourteenth  Tennessee.'  Major  Hincks  writes: — 
'\Ye  were  behind  a  low  stone  wall,  such  as  may  be  seen  on  any 
Xew  England  farm.  Parallel  to  this  wall,  and  perhaps  one 
hundred  and  fifty  yards  away,  was  a  lane  (Fmmettsburg  road'), 
on  either  side  of  which  were  the  ruins  of  a  wooden  fence.  My 
recollection  is  that  our  people  began  to  fire  as  the  front  line  of 
the  enemy  crossed  this  fence.  This  broke  their  front  line  ;  their 
advance  was  checked  and  they  began  to  fire.  Then  their  color- 
bearer  ran  forward,  planted  his  flag  in  the  ground  and  with 
several  others — I  presume  the  color-guard — lay  down  beside 
it,  our  fire  being  very  hot.  At  that  time  I  was  firing  two 
Sharp's  rifles,  which  Lieutenant  Hawley  was  loading  for  me ; 
they  belonged  to  men  wounded  early  in  the  day.  The  regiment 
on  our  right  fired  buck-and-ball  cartridges,  and  I  think  that  I 


156  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

was  in  as  much  danger  from  them  when  I  ran  to  get  the  flag 

as  from  the  enemy One  gun  (cannon)  which  had 

been  pushed  out  a  few  rods  in  front  of  our  stone  wall  remained 
there  during  the  charge,  having  been  disabled.  A  daring  South 
erner  jumped  upon  this  gun  and  waved  his  hat;  but  did  not 
live  to  tell  the  story.  In  going  after  the  flag,  I  ran  past  this 
gun,  leaving  it  upon  my  left  hand." 

The  men  now  careless  of  shelter  stood  erect  and  with  loud 
shouts  continued  to  hre  into  the  retreating  army  as  long  as  they 
were  within  range.  Many  of  the  retreating  column  lay  down 
behind  stones  and  hillocks,  and  even  the  dead  bodies  of  their 
comrades,  to  be  protected  from  the  l/nion  shots.  Presently,  as 
by  one  common  impulse,  bits  of  white  cloth  and  handkerchiefs 
were  waved  as  signals  of  surrender.  In  response  to  these 
signals,  our  men  leaped  over  the  wall  and  advanced  toward  the 
retreating  foe.  When  they  reached  the  point  where  the  enemy's 
advance  had  halted,  rebel  wounded  and  tin  wounded  in  large 
numbers  rose  up  and  surrendered  themselves.  One  of  the  first 
to  leap  over  the  wall  was  Corporal  Christopher  Flynn  of  Com 
pany  K  who,  advancing  far  down  toward  the  retreating  line, 
picked  up  a  battle-flag  which  they  had  dropped  in  their  flight. 
Corporal  E.  \Y.  Hacon  of  Company  E  also  seized  the  flag  of  the 
Sixteenth  Xorth  Carolina.  Several  others  were  subsequently 
picked  up,  making  five  in  all  which  were  credited  to  the  regiment. 
The  claim  has  also  been  made  that  six  flags  were  captured,  al 
though  Major  Ellis  speaks  of  only  five  in  his  official  report. 
Some  have  claimed  that  the  sixth  flag  was  a  beautiful  silk  flag, 
which  was  not  given  to  the  proper  officers. 

Major  Hincks.  Corporal  Flynn  of  Company  K  and  Corporal 
Bacon  of  Company  E  afterwards  received  the  United  States 
Medal  of  Honor  for  deeds  of  special  bravery. 

Major  William  1>.  Hinks  was  born  in  Bucksport,  Maine,  but 
moved  to  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  while  a  lad.  He  was  of  scholarly 
instincts  and  was  preparing  for  a  thorough  education,  when  the 
call  of  his  country  appealed  to  his  inbred  spirit  of  patriotism  and 
he  abandoned  his  cherished  plans  and  enlisted  in  Co.  A.  A  man 
of  Major  Hincks'  strength  of  mind,  purity  of  purpose,  integrity 


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(,-f  character  and  frankness  of  manner  could  not  long  fail  to  have 
an  influence  upon  his  comrades  and  win  their  love  and  esteem. 
11  c  rose  rapidly  from  a  private  to  the  rank  of  major,  although  to 
the  latter  rank  he  was  never  mustered.  With  the  exception  of  a 
short  time  when  he  was  on  the  brigade  staff,  he  was  always  with 
his  regiment  going  with  it  through  all  of  its  engagements  and 
was  never  seriously  wounded.  At  the  close  of  the  war.  Major 


WM.  B.  HINCKS,  ADJUTANT. 


Hincks  returned  to  Bridgeport  and  became  engaged  in  mercan 
tile  business.  His  qualities  of  careful  and  decerning  judgement 
soon  won  for  him  the  reputation  of  a  sound  business  adviser,  and 
his  opinions  were  often  sought  in  that  line.  He  became  the 
custodian  of  many  important  trusts.  He  was  also  vice-president 
and  secretary  of  many  business  organizations  of  his  adopted  city. 


158  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

For  many  years  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  City  Sav 
ing's  Bank  of  Bridgeport.  He  died  November  7,  1903  amid  the 
universal  regret  of  his  fellow  citizens  and  his  old  comrades  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment. 

A  number  of  the  field  and  line  officers  surrendered  their 
swords  to  Major  Ellis  and  Adjutant  Doten.  About  two  hundred 
prisoners  were  captured,  two  for  every  man  in  the  regiment. 
It  was  indeed  a  glorious  day  for  the  brave  Fourteenth. 

An  incident  occurred  man}'  years  after  relating  to  this  sur 
render.  Among  the  Confederate  officers  who  surrendered  their 
swords  was  Colonel  John  A.  Fite,  of  the  Seventh  Tennessee,  who 
handed  his  sword  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  A.  Moore  (then  cap 
tain  )  who  was  standing  near  Colonel  Ellis.  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Moore  discovered  that  the  sword  was  a  valuable  one  and  must 
have  been  much  prized  by  its  owner.  In  1890  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Moore  took  steps  to  discover  the  owner  that  he  might  return  it. 
To  this  end  he  sent  a  communication  to  the  Memphis  Appeal  and 
the  owner,  as  we  have  stated,  was  soon  found.  He  communi 
cated  at  once  with  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore,  satisfying  the  latter 
that  the  sword  was  his  whereupon  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore 
sent  the  sword  to  Chicopee  where  it  was  put  in  the  best  of  order 
and  dispatched  to  Colonel  Fite.  This  incident  formed  the  basis 
between  the  Union  and  Confederate  colonels  of  lengthy  and  fre 
quent  correspondence  of  the  most  cordial  character,  in  which 
Colonel  Fite  expressed  his  appreciation  of  the  magnanimity  and 
gallantry  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore. 

Those  of  the  prisoners  who  were  able  to  walk  came  in  after 
which  the  boys  of  the  regiment  went  out  and  brought  in  the 
wounded,  although  under  a  heavy  fire  from  the  skirmish  line 
which  the  Confederates  had  been  able  to  reestablish.  These 
Confederate  wounded  were  tenderly  treated  and  cared  for,  even 
portions  of  the  precious  stone  wall  being  removed  so  that  they 
could  be  taken  in  without  jolting.  Coffee  was  made  and  the 
meager  rations  shared,  showing  that 

"One  touch  of  sorrow  makes  all  the  world  akin"  even  in  the 
horrors  of  war. 


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After  dark  the  picket  line  was  thrown  out,  ammunition  and 
rations  issued  and  the  men  slept  as  best  thev  could,  leaning 
against  the  wall,  with  their  equipments  on  and  guns  ready  for 
action. 

Thus  closed  the  most  eventful  day  of  the  conflict,  a  day  full 
of  incidents,  heroism,  remarkable  situations  and  brilliant  achieve 
ments  of  the  now  slender  Fourteenth  Regiment.  Can  it  be  any 
wonder  that  the  battle-field  of  Gettysburg  is  often  revisited  and 
its  scenes  of  horror  and  momentous  events  dwelt  upon  by  mem- 


Spangler's  Spring. 


bers  of  the  regiment?  The  location  of  the  Bliss  buildings,  the 
sight  of  the  protecting  stone  wall,  the  broad  plain  over  which 
Pickett's  charge  so  grandly  swept,  and  Spangler's  Spring,  where 
Union  and  Confederate  soldiers  often  drank  together,  are  never 
worn  topics  of  interest  and  discussion  by  those  that  survived. 


160  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

In  regard  to  the  conduct  of  the  regiment  on  this  memorable 
day  "Dunn  Browne"  writes  to  the  Springfield  Republican  as 
follows: — "The  Fourteenth  Connecticut,  in  whose  welfare  nearly 
every  portion  of  the  state  is  interested,  had  a  splendid  oppor 
tunity,  being  in  the  very  center  of  the  line  attacked  on  the  after 
noon  of  the  3d.  instant,  and  never  was  opportunity  better  im 
proved.  Although  my  own  regiment,  T  can  speak  with  compara 
tive  impartiality  of  its  doings,  because  my  duty  on  detached  ser 
vice  at  present  called  me  away  to  another  part  of  the  field.  I 
had  occasion  to  view  the  whole  length  of  our  lines,  to  ride  over 
every  part  of  the  field  :  and  in  no  part  of  the  whole  line  was  there 
evidence  of  harder  fighting  or  a  more  gallant  charge.  Five 
regimental  battle-flags  are  the  trophies  of  its  valor,  as  well  as 
about  a  prisoner  for  each  man  engaged.  It  was  a  grand  sight 
to  see  in  this  portion  of  the  battle  the  charge  made  by  the  rebels, 
and  the  way  it  was  met." 

Another  incident  which  we  may  note  was  the  finding  of  a 
daguerreotype  by  Sergeant  Russell  Glenn  of  Company  A  in  the 
hands  of  a  Confederate  soldier  who  had  been  killed  in  the 
battle.  We  will  allow  Sergeant  Glenn  to  tell  the  story.  He 
says : — "It  was  on  the  battle-field  of  Gettysburg  where  I  secured 
this  picture  and  I  prize  it  as  the  most  valuable  relic  of  my  war 
experience.  It  was  on  the  morning  of  July  4th,  1863,  that  I 
went  among  the  Confederate  dead  who  fell  during  the  previous 
day's  fight.  I,  with  others,  was  searching  for  the  sick  and 
wounded  who  were  being  conveyed  to  the  rear  for  treatment. 
I  had  hardly  entered  that  terrible  valley  of  death  when  I  beheld 
a  handsome,  noble  looking  youth,  lying  prone  upon  his  back ; 
his  eyes  wide  open  and  staring  towards  heaven.  His  counte 
nance  wore  the  most  beseeching  expression  that  I  ever  beheld. 
At  first  I  thought  the  youth  was  alive  and  was  about  to  speak 
to  him  when  I  observed  that  he  held  something  in  his  hand  that 
lay  upon  his  left  breast.  I  stooped  over  him  and  discovered  that 
he  had  been  shot  through  the  heart  and  probably  did  not  live 
more  than  thirty  seconds  after  the  fatal  bullet  hit  him,  In  his 


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THE  REBEL  GIRL. 

From  a  picture  taken  from  the  hand  of  a  young  rebel  just   after  he  was  killed  at 
Gettysburg,  by  Russell  Glenn,  now  of  Bridgeport. 


hand  was  a  daguerreotype  of  the  above  profile,  the  case  of 
which  had  been  entirely  shattered  by  the  deadly  ball,  but,  marvel 
ous  as  it  may  seem,  the  profile  remained  uninjured.  It  is  cer 
tain  that  the  poor  fellow  lived  but  an  instant  after  being  hit, 
but  in  that  short  space  of  time  his  thought  was  of  the  picture — 
probably  the  face  of  his  sweetheart — and,  taking  it  from  his 
breastpocket,  he  saw  the  shattered  case,  but  was  permitted  to 
gaze  on  the  features  of  a  loved  one  as  his  soul  took  its  immortal 
flight.  I  took  the  picture  from  the  rigid  grasp  of  the  dead 


1  62  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

soldier,  and  taking  the  skirt  of  his  coat,  wiped  off  the  blood 
from  the  glass  and  carefully  placed  it  in  my  pocket,  intending, 
if  possible,  to  find  the  original,  but  as  yet  have  not  been  suc 
cessful." 

The  following  is  the  list  of  killed,  wounded  and  missing  which 
Major  Ellis  officially  reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut:— 

" Surgeon,  Frederick  B.  Dudley,  wounded,  in  arm,  by  frag 
ment  shell. 

Company  A.  Wounded,  Privates,  John  Fox,  musket  ball 
through  leg,  Russell  Glenn,  in  face  and  hand  ;  missing,  Sergeant, 
Henry  M.  Cooley,  Corporal,  William  Jacobs,  Privates,  John 
Geatley,  James  W.  French,  sent  out  on  patrol  and  not  returned. 

Company  B.  Killed,  Corporal,  Samuel  G.  Huxam  ;  wounded, 
Sergeant,  George  H.  Hubbard,  in  arm,  Corporal,  Elnathan  B. 
Tyler,  in  foot,  Privates,  James  H.  Sage,  in  head,  Augustus 
Guild,  in  back,  by  shell,  Patrick  Dailey,  in  foot,  Hiram  H.  Fox, 
in  hand. 

Company  C.  Wounded,  2d  Lieutenant,  Julius  W.  Knowlton, 
shell  wound  in  back,  Privates,  William  Patrick,  in  foot,  slightly, 
Valentine  Lungwitz,  slightly,  Owen  McKewan,  in  hand.  Theo 
dore  C.  Byington,  in  leg,  William  C.  Rice,  buck  shot  in  leg, 
Cornelius  Dailey,  shell  wound  in  back. 

Company  D.  Killed,  Corporal,  William  Goodell ;  wounded, 
Captain,  Walter  M.  Lucas,  bruise  on  leg.  Sergeants,  George  N. 
Brigham,  in  side,  severely,  Benjamin  Hirst,  in  shoulder,  Corporal, 
David  W.  Whiting,  in  hand,  slightly,  Privates,  John  F.  Julian, 
in  temple,  Charles  Morrison,  slightly. 

Company  E.  Killed,  Corporal,  Walter  F.  Standish  ;  wounded, 
2d  Lieutenant,  Frederick  Shalk,  slightly,  Privates,  Michael  Mc- 
Dermott,  in  leg,  Isaac  C.  Barrows,  solid  shot  in  leg,  in  side,  by 
shell,  Francis  Bebo,  in  jaw,  Henry  Frisbee,  buck  shot  in  hand, 
James  Riley,  in  arm. 

Company  F.  Killed,  Private,  Thomas  J.  Brainard  ;  wounded, 
2d  Lieutenant,  John  A.  Tibbets,  in  arm,  slightly,  Privates,  Dan- 
ford  J.  Davis,  in  head,  slightly,  James  A.  Stroazzi,  in  arm,  bruise 
in  head,  Thomas  Finn,  in  head,  slightly,  Michael  O'Connell, 
slightly. 


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Company  G.  Killed,  Privates,  Aaron  A.  Clarke,  Alfred  H. 
Dibble,  Moses  G.  Clements,  William  D.  Marsh ;  wounded,  Cor 
porals,  John  S.  Stannard,  in  neck,  Stanley  L.  Chapman,  in  leg-, 
Privates,  John  B.  Stevens,  in  arm,  Edgar  S.  Ely,  in  leg,  Albert 
M.  Hill,  in  temple. 

Company  H.  Killed,  Private,  Thomas  M.  Ames ;  wounded, 
ist  Lieutenant,  Henry  L.  Snagg,  in  leg,  2cl.  Lieutenant,  Frank 
E.  Stoughten,  in  lung,  seriously,  Privates,  Thomas  W.  Gardner, 
in  hand,  James  Crinyan,  in  hand  and  side,  Theodore  Kohlrisser, 
in  hip. 

Company  I.  Killed,  Corporal,  Joseph  Puffer;  wounded  ist 
Lieutenant,  Frederick  S.  Seymour,  in  leg,  2cl  Lieutenant,  Samuel 
H.  Seward,  in  stomach,  Sergeant,  George  W.  Baldwin,  in 
abdomen,  Corporal  Henry  H.  Frankenfield,  in  neck,  Privates, 
James  W.  Benham,  in  thumb  and  wrist,  Nelson  Hodge,  in  knee, 
seriously,  Thomas  L.  Crittenden,  in  head,  seriously. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  Captain,  James  B.  Coit,  run  over  by 
horse,  Private,  Francis  McVay,  in  arm." 

The  following  is  Major  Ellis'  official  report  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  state  : — 

"Headquarters  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
Camp  near  Gettysburg,  Penna.,  July  6th.,   1863. 

Brigadier-General  H.  J.  Morse, 

Adjutant-General,  State  of  Connecticut. 

Sir : — I  have  the  honor  to  report  the  following  as  the  part 
taken  by  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Connecticut  Volunteers,  in 
the  late  battle  at  this  place.  We  arrived  on  the  ground  on  the 
morning  of  the  2cl.  instant,  after  being  out  all  night  on  picket 
some  two  miles  back,  and  joined  our  brigade.  During  the  fore 
noon  we  supported  Woodruff's  Battery  Regular  Artillery.  We 
were  afterwards  for  a  short  time  detailed  on  provost  duty,  and 
in  the  afternoon  moved  further  to  the  left  to  support  Arnold's 
First  Rhode  Island  Battery,  where  we  remained  with  a  slight 
change  of  position  all  night,  throwing  out  pickets  to  the  front. 
During  the  day  the  regiment  was  at  times  under  a  heavy  shell 


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Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 


fire,  but  'met  with  no  loss  except  Captain   Coit,   who  was  seri 
ously  injured,  accidentally,  by  a  runaway  horse. 

On  the  morning  of  the  3d.,  we  advanced  two  companies  as 
skirmishers,  under  command  of  Captains  Townsend  and  Lucas, 
who  maintained  their  ground  nobly  until  the  grand  attack  of  the 
afternoon  when  they  were  driven  in  by  the  advancing  lines  of 
the  enemy.  During  the  forenoon  the  regiment  was  ordered  to 
take  and  hold  two  buildings,  a  large  barn  and  house,  outside  of 
our  lines  of  skirmishers,  a  little  to  the  right  of  our  position, 
from  which  the  enemy  were  seriously  annoying  our  troops. 


Mouth  of  Devil's  Den,  Gettysburg. 


The  barn  was  gallantly  charged  and  taken  by  four  companies 
under  command  of  Captain  Moore,  the  remainder  of  the  regi 
ment  making  the  attack  upon  the  house,  commanded  by  myself. 
The  whole  distance  from  our  lines  to  these  buildings  being 
commanded  by  the  enemy's  sharp-shooters,  we  met  with  some 
loss  in  the  attack.  It  was  here  that  Lieutenants  Seymour  and 
Seward  were  wounded.  While  the  regiment  was  within  these. 


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buildings  and  firing  from  them  upon  the  enemy,  a  case-shot 
entered  the  upper  part  of  the  barn  and  exploded,  killing  and 
wounding  some  of  the  men.  Having  received  orders  to  destroy 
these  buildings,  they  were  tired  in  several  places,  after  removing  all 
our  killed  and  wounded,  when  we  retired  to  the  picket  reserve, 
bringing  off  all  our  wounded  and  arms.  We  were  again  or 
dered  to  support  Arnold's  Battery  and  formed  on  its  right, 
where  we  remained  under  the  terrific  shell  fire  of  J/riday  after 
noon  from  one  o'clock  P.  M.,  until  the  battery  retired  disabled, 
when  I  moved  the  regiment  forward  and  to  the  left  to  cover  the 
space  previously  occupied  by  the  battery. 

About  this  time  two  rebel  lines  of  battle,  extending  across 
the  plain  for  more  than  a  mile,  preceded  by  a  line  of  skirmishers, 
and  reinforced  at  two  points  on  the  right  and  left  by  a  third 
line,  were  observed  to  emerge  from  the  woods  about  one-third 
of  a  mile  distant,  running  nearly  parallel  to  our  front,  and  ad 
vanced  steadily  across  the  intervening  plain.  The  spectacle  was 
magnificent.  They  advanced  in  perfect  order,  the  line  of  skir 
mishers  firing.  Our  men  were  formed  in  a  single  line  of  battle 
along  an  almost  continuous  line  of  low  stone  wall  and  fence, 
which  offered  a  considerable  protection  from  the  enemy's  fire. 
When  the  first  line  of  the  enemy  had  advanced  to  within  about 
two  hundred  yards,  our  fire  opened  almost  simultaneously  along 
the  whole  line.  The  enemy's  first  line  was  broken  and  hurled 
back  upon  the  second,  throwing  it  also  into  confusion.  De 
tached  portions  of  the  lines  were  rallied,  and  for  a  short  time 
maintained  their  ground.  Being  mown  down  by  our  terribly 
destructive  fire,  they  commenced  falling  back,  when  a  portion 
of  this  regiment  charged  upon  them,  capturing  five  regimental 
battle-flags  and  over  forty  prisoners.  There  also  afterwards 
came  into  the  lines  of  this  regiment  about  one  hundred  or  more 
of  the  enemy,  some  of  which  were  wounded  and  gave  them 
selves  up. 

Among  the  officers  who  personally  surrendered  to  me  wrere 
the  following : — 

Colonel  John  Kite,  /th  Tennessee,  not  wounded, 

Lieutenant-Colonel  X.  J.  George,  ist  Tennessee,  not  wounded, 


1  66  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Parkers,  520!  Xorth  Carolina,  wounded, 
Major  John  G.  Richardson,  520!  Xorth  Carolina,  wounded, 
Among  those  who  were  taken  as  prisoners  or  came  within  our 
lines  wounded,  were  the  following  line  officers : — 
Captain  G.  A.  Graues,  22cl  Xorth  Carolina, 
Captain  George  Gillian,  52d  X^orth  Carolina, 
Captain  J.  A.  Kincain,  52cl   Xorth  Carolina, 
First  Lieutenant  J.  C.  Warren,  52(1  Xorth  Carolina, 
First  Lieutenant  J.   X.  Robertson,  5th  Alabama. 
There  were  many  of  the  Field  and  Line  officers  captured  whose 
names  could  not  be  ascertained. 

The  colors  captured  belonged   to  the   following   regiments  :— 
I4th  Tennesse, 
ist  Tennessee, 
1 6th  Xorth  Carolina, 
52cl  Xorth  Carolina, 
*4th  Virginia. 

The  colors  of  the  ist  and  I4th  Tennessee  and  i6th  Xorth 
Carolina  bear  the  following  inscriptions  on  each: — 'Seven  Pines, 
Mechanicsville,  Cold  Harbor,  Shepardstown,  Fredericksburg, 
Chancellorsville,  Ox  Hill,  Harpers  Ferry,  Sharpsburg,  Frazier  s 
Farm,  Cedar  Run,  Manasses.'  The  color  of  the  I4th  Tennessee 
was  the  first  taken,  and  was  captured  by  Sergeant-Major  William 
B.  Hincks.  That  of  the  52(1  Xorth  Carolina  was  taken  by  Cor 
poral  Christopher  Flynn,  Company  K,  and  that  of  the  i6th  Xorth 
Carolina  by  Private  E.  W.  Bacon,  Company  F. 

The  following  is  a  corrected  list  of  the  killed  and  wounded  in 
the  above  engagements : — Killed,  enlisted  men,  TO  ;  wounded, 
commissioned  officers,  10:  enlisted  men,  42;  missing,  enlisted 
men,  4;  total  66. 

This  regiment  went  into  action  with  about   160  muskets. 
I  am,  General,  very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

THEODORE  G.    ELLIS, 
Major  commanding  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers." 


*Chaplain  Stevens  thinks  that  this  flag  must  be  the  i4th  Virginia  as 
the  4th  Virginia  Regiment  was  in  Stonewall's  Brigade  and  was  engaged 
against  Culps  Hill. 


The  Two  Round  Tops,  Gettysburg,  from  the  west. 

CHAPTER  X. 

The  Summer  of   1 863. 

We  must  pause  a  few  moments  before  the  regiment  leaves 
Gettysburg.  ( )n  awakening  on  the  morning  of  July  4th.,  it  was 
found  that  the  Confederates  had  advanced  their  skirmish  line  and 
a  vigorous  picket  firing  was  kept  up  through  the  day.  At  times 
there  was  shot  from  long  range  guns  and  shells,  necessitating 
some  one  of  the  regiment  to  be  on  the  alert  and  warn  the  men 
of  danger.  The  rain  was  very  severe  through  the  day  which 
must  have  been  trying  to  the  great  number  of  Confederate 
wounded  who  lay  directly  in  front  of  the  regiment,  but  too  far 
out  toward  their  skirmish  line  to  enable  the  men  to  give  them 
any  relief.  During  the  night  a  humorous  incident  occurred.  A 
number  of  shots  were  heard  in  quick  succession  from  our  picket- 
lines,  the  men  hastily  aroused  took  their  places  at  the  wall  and 
waited  patiently  for  orders.  Intently  they  held  themselves  in 
readiness  to  meet  the  approaching  foe ;  peering  into  the  dark 
ness,  with  their  weapons  in  their  hands.  Several  volleys  were 
fired  and  when  morning  came,  it  was  found  that  a  white  cow 
had  been  the  cause  of  all  the  trouble.  This  was  the  last  foe  met 
on  the  battle-field  of  Gettysburg. 

As  the  morning  broke,  it  was  found  that  there  were  no  Con 
federates  at  the  front,  and  reconnoissances  in  all  directions 
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168  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

showed  that  Lee  was  in  full  retreat  on  the  Fairfield  and  Cash- 
town  roads.  Meade  seemed  to  share  McClellan's  idea  that:— 

"He  who  fights  and  runs  away 
May  live  to  fight  another  day ; 
But  he  who  is  in  battle  slain 

Can  never  rise  and  fight  again. 

"**v  - - 

Twenty-four  hours  too  late  the  cornparativjely  fresh  Sixth 
Corps  was  at  once  pushed  forward  in  pursuit  on  the  Fairfield 
road  and  a  brigade  of  Gregg's  cavalry  division  on  the  Cashtown 
road.  General  Sedgwick,  in  command  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  find 
ing  the  retreating  army  posted  in  the  F^airfield  pass,  deemed  Lee's 
position  too  strong  to  be  successfully  attacked. 

In  the  afternoon  of  July  5th.  the  regiment  was  again  in  motion, 
under  command  of  Colonel  Morris  who  had  returned  and  as 
sumed  command  of  the  brigade,  in  place  of  Colonel  Smyth  who 
had  been  wounded.  They  marched  slowly  and  leisurely,  making 
frequent  halts,  to  Two  Taverns,  distant  about  five  miles.  Here 
they  remained  during  Monday  with  the  oft  repeated  question  of 
something  to  eat  prominent  in  their  minds.  On  the  morning 
of  Tuesday,  the  regiment  was  on  the  move  at  an  early  hour  and 
continued  eight  or  ten  miles  to  Taneytown.  The  roads  were 
in  shocking  condition  from  the  severe  rains,  making  the  march 
tedious  and  wearisome,  and  the  men,  still  being  out  of  rations, 
were  weak  with  hunger.  This  becoming  serious  men  were  de 
tailed  to  go  into  the  town  and  obtain  food,  the  expense  of  which 
was  to  be  paid  by  the  government.  Flour  seemed  to  be  the  only 
available  commodity  in  that  line  which  served  to  make  sodden 
and  unleavened  cakes  for  the  men.  One  patriotic  and  humane 
resident  of  the  town  sold  water  from  his  pump  at  six  cents  a 
glass.  Later  in  the  day  the  wagon-trains  coming  up  rations  of 
hardtack  and  salt  pork  were  distributed. 

Wednesday,  July  8th.,  the  regiment,  under  command  of  Cap 
tain  Davis,  marched  about  twenty  miles,  camping  near  Frederick 
City.  Major  Ellis  had  been  left  at  Taneytown,  sick.  The  next 
day  the  regiment  made  a  march  of  twenty-three  miles,  passing 
through  Frederick  City  and  the  villages  of  Jefferson  and  Burketts- 
ville,  crossing  the  South  Mountain  range  at  Crampton's  Gap,  and 


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went  into  camp  near  Rohersville.  Starting  again  at  six  o'clock 
the  next  morning  they  marched  about  ten  miles,  passing  through 
the  villages  of  Rohersville  and  Keedysville,  the  latter  of  which 
the  regiment  passed  through  on  its  march  to  Antietam  the  Sep 
tember  previous.  Major  Hincks  says: — "The  weather  was  very 
hot  and  we  marched  slowly  though  perhaps  this  may  have  been 
due  to  the  presence  of  the  enemy  in  our  front  as  we  heard  can 
nonading  all  day.  About  noon  we  were  permitted  to  halt  for  a 
brief  space  and  rest.  The  direction  of  this  movement  Colonel 
Morris  carried  out  with  singular  ingenuity  by  marching  us  to 
the  top  of  a  high  hill,  and  halting  us  in  the  full  glare  of  the 
sun.  Farther  on  near  'Bakerstown',  so  called,  we  halted  again 
for  half  an  hour  and  this  time,  as  the  sun  had  now  gone  dowrn, 
in  the  woods.  Moved  on  a  short  distance  and  halted  for  the 
night.  Sent  out  picket  detail,  and  bivouacked  in  line  of  battle  in 
the  edge  of  a  piece  of  woods." 

Saturday  morning,  the  nth.,  the  regiment  was  again  on  the 
move,  halting  a  short  time  at  Tenleytown,  and  then  to  the  front, 
passing  through  several  lines  of  battle  which  crossed  the  road, 
while  skirmishing  was  going  on  in  front.  Here  they  remained 
for  the  rest  of  the  day.  At  evening  a  sudden  start  was  made  and 
marched  a  mile  or  two  close  to  the  enemy  and  bv  order  thr^w  up 
breastworks  of  rails  and  earth,  behind  which  they  passed  the 
ni^ht.  This  was  about  three  miles  from  Hagerstown. 

Sunday  there  was  marching  and  countermarching  along  the 
Hagerstown  turnpike,  for  what  purpose  the  men  were  ignorant, 
finally  taking  a  turn  in  a  wheat-field  in  the  midst  of  a  severe 
rain,  where  a  line  was  formed  with  great  nicety.  Here  it  was 
that  the  regiment  learned  that  Colonel  Morris  had  been  relieved 
of  the  command  of  the  brigade.  Forty-five  men,  under  command 
of  2d  Lieutenant  William  H.  Hawley,  of  Company  B,  were  de 
tailed  to  form  a  skirmish  line.  They  advanced  the  line  three 
times  and  the  regiment  constructed  a  new  line  of  earthworks. 

The  1 3th.  the  advance  was  made  still  nearer  the  enemy's  line  and 
on  the  1 4th.  the  picket-line  entered  the  rebel  works  with  very  little 
resistance,  although  there  was  a  slight  skirmish.  The  regiment 
marched  up  by  flank  and  found  the  Confederate  position  opposite 


1  70  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

a  very  strong  one,  much  more  so  than  the  Union  troops  held  at 
Gettysburg,  several  cross  fences  and  thorny  hedges  intervening 
between  the  two  armies.  The  earthwork  was  thick  and  high  to 
climb,  even  when  not  under  fire.  The  Confederate  army,  how 
ever,  had  safely  crossed  the  Potomac  on  a  rudely  made  bridge  of 
boats  and  were  now  making  a  hasty  but  orderly  retreat.  So 
that  the  battle  of  Falling  Waters  was  a  battle  that  ought  to  have 
been  fought,  but  never  was. 

The  regiment  continued  its  march  the  following  dav,  July 
1 5th.,  passing  through  the  village  of  Sharpsburg  and  renewing 
the  remembrances  of  their  first  battle  in  September,  1862.  Tak 
ing  the  tow  path  along  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  canal,  they  camped 
about  a  mile  from  Harper's  Ferry,  the  distance  marched  during 
the  day  being  about  twenty-three  miles. 

Thursday  morning  the  regiment  again  moved  forward,  reach 
ing  Pleasant  Valley  about  five  miles  distant,  where  it  encamped, 
remaining  there  during  Thursday  and  Friday.  While  camped 
here  some  of  the  regiment,  in  common  with  members  of  other 
regiments  of  the  division,  helped  themselves  to  straw  from  a 
neighboring  farmer  for  their  tents.  The  farmer  went  to  head 
quarters  and  made  a  vigorous  protest  to  General  Hays.  The 
General  went  to  the  door  of  his  tent  and  looking  up  and  down 
the  camp  of  the  division  said  "Straw,  I  see  no  straw.  I  think 
you  are  mistaken."  Whereupon  the  farmer  was  much  irritated 
and  swore  liberally.  The  General  replied  "I  thought  you  were 
a  bad  man  and  your  language  proves  it.  You  should  study  your 
Bible"  and  taking  a  Bible  from  his  table  presented  it  to  the  sur 
prised  and  disgusted  farmer.  General  Hays  charged  him  to 
read  it  carefully  and  bowed  him  courteously  out  of  his  tent. 
The  only  drawback  to  this  story  is  the  very  remote  probability  of  a 
Bible  being  on  General  Hays'  table. 

Reveille  was  sounded  at  two  o'clock  Saturday  morning  and  at 
seven  o'clock  the  regiment  was  on  the  move,  crossing  the  Poto 
mac  and  Shenandoah  rivers,  and  moving  down  the  Louden 
Valley  over  the  same  route  they  passed  after  leaving  Bolivar 
Heights  the  year  before.  They  went  into  camp  about  three 
o'clock  and  no  member  of  the  regiment  will  forget  the  abundance 


The  Summer  of   1 863.  1  7 1 

of  blackberries  and  the  whole  division,  as  well  as  the  Fourteenth, 
feasted  plentifully  upon  this  wholesome  berry. 

"Dunn  Browne"  writes  to  the  Springfield  Republican  as  fol 
lows  : — "You  ought  to  have  seen  our  corps  move  into  the  huge 
blackberry-field,  or  rather  succession  of  them,  last  evening  after 
their  hot  midday  march.  The  habit  of  military  discipline  pre 
vailing  kept  the  men  in  the  ranks  till  they  were  regularly  dis 
missed,  though  every  tread  crushed  out  the  blood  of  scores,  and 
Uncle  Sam's  stiff  brogans  were  soaked  in  dewberry  gore.  But 
when  the  order  'Stack  arms !'  'Rest!'  had  been  given,  in  an  instant, 
in  a  nothing  of  time,  in  the  hundredth  part  of  the  'twinkling  of 
a  bedpost',  the  whole  battle  array  was  melted  away.  The  glitter 
ing  lines  of  stacked  arms  were  all  that  were  left  upright  in  the  field. 
The  backs  only  were  visible  of  a  half  dozen  thousand  tired  sold 
iers,  who  are  not  wont  to  turn  their  backs  to  the  enemy ;  and  as 
the  manna  which  came  from  heaven  to  the  Israelites  in  the  wil 
derness,  when  the  dew  rose  in  the  morning,  so  disappeared  this 
gracious  provision  of  Heaven's  bounty  for  our  weary  boys ;  and 
they  rose  (not  very  soon)  refreshed  from  their  luscious  banquet. 
There  were  enough  and  to  spare.  Fields  and  hills  all  around  us 
are  black  with  them, — more  millions  of  tiny  blackamoors  than 
our  army  of  abolitionists  can  put  out  of  the  way  in  a  week.  But 
we  are  doing  our  best ;  heaped  bowls  and  plates  of  blackberries 
for  tea  and  for  breakfast ;  a  few  blackberries  as  we  went  to  bed  ;  a 
few  on  waking  this  morning;  (how  much  better  than  fiery 
whiskey  for  that  purpose!)  and  now  a  few  more  to  start  on  just 
as  we  are  leaving.  It  has  been  a  blackberrying  on  the  grandest 
scale  1  have  attended  for  a  long  time." 

The  next  day  being  Sunday,  July  iQth.,  the  column  still  con 
tinued  down  Louden  Valley  which  was  at  first  narrow  and  then 
broadened  out  into  luxuriant  farming  lands.  After  eight  miles 
the  men  camped  at  Gregory's  Gap.  That  evening  an  order  was 
received  by  Captain  Davis  to  detail  three  commissioned  officers 
and  six  privates  to  visit  Connecticut  and  bring  on  the  conscripts 
with  which  to  fill  up  the  depleted  ranks  of  the  regiment.  Sum 
moning  the  commissioned  officers  together  Captain  Davis  called 
for  the  drawing  of  lots  for  two  of  the  commissioned  officers. 


1  72  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

The  order  said  three  was  exclaimed  when  Captain  Davis  said 
that  he  had  already  ordered  the  adjutant  to  detail  him.  The 
officers  laughed,  but  were  evidently  much  chagrined  to  see  such 
colossal  nerve  as  the  Captain  exhibited.  Lots  were  cast  and  the 
choice  fell  upon  Captain  Broatch  of  Company  A  and  Lieutenant 
Rockwood  of  Company  D,  and  Privates  Glenn,  Penhallow, 
Wolff,  Murray,  Davis  and  Wade. 

Monday,  July  the  2Oth.,  was  excessively  warm.  The  regiment 
marched  about  twelve  miles,  camping  at  Bloomfield  that  night. 
There  were  many  stragglers  on  account  of  the  heat  and  the  com 
mand  to  "Close  up"  was  often  given.  Tuesday,  the  following  day, 
the  regiment  remained  in  bivouac  at  this  point.  Blackberries  were 
plenty  and  there  was  much  more  freedom  with  the  men  in  helping 
themselves  to  food  and  necessities  than  before  they  saw  the  de 
predation  of  the  Confederates  upon  the  people  of  loyal  Penn 
sylvania  before  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  July  22d.  the  regi 
ment  with  the  corps  moved  on  to  near  Uppersville,  passing 
through  the  village  of  Paris  and  going  into  camp  near  Ashby's 
Gap,  having  marched  a  distance  of  twelve  miles.  The  regiment 
at  this  time  was  in  the  rear  of  the  Second  Corps  with  several 
provost  marshals  behind  it. 

July  23d.,  Thursday,  the  regiment  marched  at  five  o'clock  pass 
ing  down  a  hilly  road  parallel  to  the  mountains  until  the  town  of 
Springfield,  at  the  entrance  of  Manassas  Gap,  was  reached  at 
eleven  o'clock.  Here  they  remained  under  arms  to  support  the 
Third  and  Fifth  Corps  which  had  marched  up  the  Gap  to  attack 
the  rebels,  who  were  posted  in  the  vicinity  of  Front  Royal.  At 
five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  in  response  to  some  artillery  firing 
the  men  were  hurried  off.  The  road  was  hard,  tedious  and  badly 
cut  up,  but  the  men  went  on,  reaching  the  locality  of  the  firing. 
They  saw  several  wounded  men,  but  were  not  themselves  en 
gaged.  They  bivouacked  on  the  side  of  a  stony  hill,  but,  being 
tired  and  exhausted,  slept  well,  although  many  of  the  men  went 
to  bed  supperless.  The  distance  made  was  about  twenty  miles, 
camp  being  made  about  two  miles  from  the  village  of  Linden. 

Friday  morning  the  stress  of  hunger  was  almost  unendurable 
and  as  the  generals  and  high  officers  rode  back  and  forth,  they 


The  Summer  of   1863.  173 

were  greeted  with  shouts  of  "hardtack"  by  hundreds  and  thou 
sands  of  voices.  The  marching  had  been  rapid  and  excessive, 
the  wagon-trains  being  left  far  behind.  The  shouting  for  hard 
tack  became  so  annoying  to  the  well-fed  generals  that  an  order 
was  read  saying  that  rations  of  that  commodity  could  not  then 
be  issued,  but  that  presently  fresh  beef  with  salt  and  pepper  would 
be  given,  and  that  in  future  shouting  hardtack  would  be  con 
sidered  mutinous.  Just  before  leaving  camp  a  scanty  supply  of 
rations  was  given  out.  Camp  was  broken  about  noon  and  the 
route  over  which  the  troops  passed  two  days  previous  was  re- 


The  Hagerstown  Pike,  1891. 

traced,  camping  upon  their  old  ground  near  Springfield,  reach 
ing  there  about  four  o'clock.  The  promised  rations  of  fresh 
beef,  salt  and  pepper  not  having  materialized  many  men  went 
out  foraging.  General  Hays,  learning  this,  took  the  'provost 
guard  and  sallied  out  after  them  and  succeeded  in  arresting  ten 
of  the  Fourteenth,  twenty-three  from  the  ist  Delaware  and  more 
from  other  regiments,  which  were  all  sent  back  to  headquarters 
under  guard ;  and  in  putting  to  flight  a  good  many  others, 
among  whom  were  several  commissioned  officers.  There  were 
some  ludicrous  scenes.  At  one  farm-house  some  were  taken 


1  74  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

in  the  house  and  not  a  few  concealed  themselves  in  the  tall  grass 
in  the  yard.  Suspecting  something  of  the  sort,  the  General 
stood  in  the  path  and  cursed  at  them  in  his  unique  style,  saying 
that  he  saw  them,  every  one  of  them,  and  bidding  them  come 
out  and  surrender.  Some  of  them  were  easy  enough  to  do  so, 
but  others  remained  and  were  not  discovered. 

At  half  past  four  Saturday  morning,  July  25th.,  the  regiment 
was  again  on  the  move,  marching  fifteen  miles  that  day,  reach 
ing  White  Plains  about  four  o'clock.  The  march  was  a  severe 
one  to  the  men  who  were  still  exhausted  for  lack  of  food. 

Sunday  it  \vas  excessively  hot  and  there  were  many  stragglers 
picked  up  by  the  Confederates,  among  whom  were  James  Mc- 
Cauley  and  J.  H.  Ramsdell  of  Company  A,  who  were  hastened 
to  death  somewhat  faster  than  those  remaining  in  the  Union 
army  by  starvation  in  rebel  prisons.  Warrenton  was  reached 
at  eleven  o'clock,  and  after  tarrying  about  an  hour  the  march  was 
resumed  toward  Warrenton  Junction,  distant  about  nine  miles, 
making  twenty-four  miles  in  all.  The  pace  was  swift  and  the 
men  were  much  discouraged  and  exhausted.  A  rumor  spread 
through  the  ranks  that  General  Hays  was  racing  the  Second 
Corps  with  the  Third  Corps.  Turning  into  a  large  field  the 
troops  broke  ranks  and  immediately  began  picking  blackberries, 
of  which  there  was  a  great  abundance,  much  to  the  disgust  of 
General  Hays,  who,  after  considerable  exertion,  got  them  to 
gether  long  enough  to  stack  arms. 

That  day  completed  six  weeks  since  the  camp  at  Falmouth 
was  left ;  during  which  time  they  fought  the  battle  of  Gettysburg 
and  had  marched  over  four  hundred  miles.  They  remained  in 
this  camp  near  \Varrenton  Junction  until  five  o'clock  Thursday 
afternoon,  July  3Oth.  During  their  stay  here  extra  rations  of 
pickles,  pepper  and  whiskey  were  issued.  The  men  were  rested, 
refreshed  by  their  greater  variety  of  rations  and  moved  on  to 
ward  Elkrun  in  much  better  spirits  than  when  they  reached  War 
renton  Junction.  The  regiment  camped  at  Elkrun  about  ten 
o'clock.  The  next  day,  although  exceedingly  hot,  the  men 
marched  a  distance  of  about  five  miles  to  Morristown,  near 
Kelly's  Ford  on  the  Rappahannock. 


The  Summer  of   1 863.  1  75 

About  eight  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  August  1st.  the  brigade 
marched  toward  the  rear  for  some  ten  miles,  reaching  Bristow 
Station  at  noon.  The  men  rested,  writing  or  reading,  :n  the 
shade  until  about  dark  when  the  regiment  and  the  1 2th  New 
Jersey  was  ordered  to  fall  in  and  marched  off  rapidly  along  a 
rough  country  road,  running  parallel  to  the  railroad,  but  quite 
a  distance  to  the  east  of  it,  for  about  five  miles,  to  Cedar  Run, 
where  the  two  regiments  encamped. 

Here  they  remained  until  August  i8th.,  and  these  days  were 
filled  with  varied  experiences.  While  military  duties  were  not 
so  strenuous,  there  were  many  trying  situations  as  well  as  pleas 
ant  occasions.  The  first  of  the  former  occurred  August  6th.. 
when  Captain  Davis,  who  had  been  detailed  to  go  to  Connecticut 
for  recruits,  returned  to  camp  with  forty-two  out  of  one  hundred 
and  seventeen  with  which  he  started,  the  missing  number  having 
deserted  on  the  way,  most  of  them  when  the  boat  arrived  in  New 
York.  While  experience  proved  that  many  of  these  men,  who 
were  for  the  most  part  conscripts  and  substitutes,  did  very 
valiant  service  and  were  an  honor  to  the  brave  old  regiment,  a 
large  percentage  were  not  only  conscripts,  but  nondescripts. 
Perhaps  no  occurrence  brought  to  the  minds  of  the  original  men 
of  the  regiment,  now  reduced  to  about  eighty,  the  great  loss 
they  had  sustained  by  battle  and  disease  since  their  departure 
from  Connecticut  as  did  the  advent  of  these  new  recruits.  "I  he 
character  of  this  addition,  mostly  of  foreigners  from  New  York 
City,  left  little  in  common  between  the  men.  These  new  men 
had  scant  sympathy  with  the  cause  for  which  they  were  fight 
ing  ;  they  lacked  the  bond  of  state  pride  and  the  tie  of  companion 
ship,  made  not  only  by  kinship  in  many  instances,  comrades  and 
school-mates  of  old,  but  by  the  experiences  of  the  days  and  weeks 
since  they  entered  the  service.  This  motley  array  of  new  re 
cruits,  representing  fifteen  or  twenty  nationalities,  presented 
strange  types  of  character  with  manifestations  at  times  ludicrous 
and  at  other  times  provoking  and  disgusting. 

No  member  of  the  regiment  will  forget  Pierce  Barron  who  was 
assigned  to  Company  B.  He  was  a  typical  Irishman  of  the  old 
fashioned  kind,  of  an  age  not  less  than  fifty  or  fifty-five  that 


1  76  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

made  it  a  mystery  how  he  ever  got  into  ranks,  so  brimful  of  Irish 
wit,  horse-sense,  and  whiskey  when  he  could  get  it,  as  to  make  him, 
perhaps,  the  greatest  source  of  enjoyment  in  an  all  around  way  of 
any  of  them.  Some  previous  service  in  a  New  York  regiment 
brought  him  to  the  Fourteenth  a  thorough  old  soldier,  although 
undoubtedly  a  bounty  taking  substitute.  He  never  flinched  or 
shirked  any  duty  that  the  younger  members  of  the  company 
endured.  He  soon  acquired  a  certain  kind  of  popularity  with 
the  officers  and  men  that  made  them  wink  at  any  little  irregulari 
ties  that  might  occasionally  occur.  His  cheek  was  unlimited 
and  yet  so  perfectly  natural  that  he  of  all  others  seemed  uncon 
scious  of  it.  Neither  will  the  members  forget  the  collisions  that 
often  occurred  between  Barron  and  John  Dermody,  an  equally 
typical  Englishman,  tall,  straight  as  an  arrow,  coming  to  the 
regiment  with  a  green  patch  or  shade  over  one  eye.  His  age 
or  bad  eye  would  either  have  undoubtedly  exempted  him  from 
a  draft,  but  Uncle  Sam  wanted  men  badly,  and  accepted  him  as 
a  well  paid  substitute  for  some  drafted  man.  The  very  opposite 
of  old  Pierce  Barron,  with  a  deportment  so  serious  and  matter 
of  fact  that  he  seldom  smiled  and  least  of  all  appreciated  the 
jokes  of  the  old  Irishman.  Many  recall  now  the  occasion  when 
sitting  around  the  camp-fire,  cooking  coffee,  Barron  accidentally 
turned  over  Dermody's  coffee-pot  and  how  angry  the  latter  was 
and  threatened  to  pour  the  contents  of  his  rifle  into  Barron, 
with  decided  emphasis  on  the  tents,  and  how  Barron  responded 
by  threatening  the  contents  of  his  rifle  into  Dermody,  not  omit 
ting  the  emphasis  on  the  tents.  But  Dermody  was  a  good 
soldier  and  many  a  time  when  in  the  humor  he  would  take  the 
position  of  a  soldier  and  give  the  manual  of  arms  as  executed 
in  the  British  army. 

In  direct  contrast  to  these  two  was  Antonio  Capdlini,  a 
small  man  of  dark  complexion  and  baboon  face,  all  overgrown 
with  hair.  No  one  could  converse  with  him  or  find  out  where 
he  was  born.  He  could  be  taught  but  one  duty  of  a  soldier  and 
that  was  that  of  drawing  his  rations.  He  was  most  careless  of 
Uncle  Sam's  property  and  when  on  the  march  he  always 
straggled  and  would  throw  away  his  gun,  bayonet,  knapsack, 


The  Summer  of   1863.  177 

haversack  and  canteen.  It  was  a  common  thing  to  see  him 
brought  back  with  his  few  remaining  effects  crowded  into  an 
old  grain  bag  slung  over  his  shoulder. 

Then  there  was  one  Neickler  by  name,  seeminglv  more  of  a 
quadruped  than  biped,  short  and  chubby  and  always  falling  down, 
both  upon  drill  and  on  the  march  and  though  not  hurt  in  the 
least,  did  not  seem  to  know  how  to  get  up  again,  lying  upon  the 
ground  as  helpless  as  a  turtle  turned  upon  its  back. 

Many  still  remember  Joshua  Tripp,  a  man  of  undersize,  ap 
pearing  in  camp  with  a  pair  of  trousers  by  which  one  would 
imply  that  the  quartermaster  had  satirically  fitted  him  by  furnish 
ing  him  with  a  pair  designed  for  the  largest  man  in  the  service. 
These  trousers  were  so  large  in  girth  that  Joshua  had  to  hold 
them  up  with  both  hands,  and  so  long  that  they  were  folded 
several  times  over,  producing  at  the  ankles  an  arrangement 
much  like  that  used  to  cure  interfering  horses.  One  could  not 
look  at  him  without  laughing  and  the  men  remember  with  what 
indignation  Lieutenant  Galpin  received  him  when  he  was  per 
emptorily  assigned  to  Company  A.  Unlike  his  scriptural  name 
sake,  who  led  the  children  of  Israel  into  the  land  of  promise, 
Joshua  was  not  designed  by  nature  to  assist  in  leading  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  into  the  promised  land  of  victory.  In  fact  this 
second  Joshua's  intellect  was  so  infinitesimal  that  he  could  hardly 
tell  the  muzzle  of  his  gun  from  the  breech  and  many  remember 
the  ludicrous  attempts  to  teach  him  how  to  shoulder  his  sain. 
Few  will  forget  his  being  mounted  upon  a  barrel  at  the  quarters 
of  the  Brigade  Guard  and  the  frequent  trips  of  the  major  to 
attempt  to  teach  him  this  first  requisite  of  a  soldier's  service. 
This,  however,  was  useless  and  was  only  terminated  when  the 
head  of  the  barrel  gave  way  and  poor  Tripp  passed  temporarily 
out  of  sight.  Joshua  had  with  him  his  bounty  and  so  dear  was 
it  to  his  heart  that  he  could  not  resist  the  temptation  to  count 
it  several  times  a  day.  Many  of  the  boys  thought  he  was  not 
competent  to  take  care  of  it  and  proposed  to  take  it  in  charge 
and  save  it  for  him.  To  this  end  they  chloroformed  him  several 
times  and  made  careful  search,  even  digging  up  every  inch  of 
ground  beneath  his  tent,  but  all  in  vain.  It  was  a  perplexing 


1  78  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.   V.  Infantry. 

question  whether  Joshua  was  sane  or  shamming  insanity  to  ob 
tain  a  discharge.  However,  it  became  evident  after  three  months 
trial  that  he  was  of  no  service.  He  was  discharged,  and,  while 
leaving  camp  in  one  of  the  army  wagons,  Frank  Somers  of  the 
band  asked  him  where  he  had  kept  the  money  to  elude  their 
search,  to  which  Joshua  replied,  with  a  twinkle  of  his  peculiar 
eyes,  that  he  placed  it  in  the  folds  of  the  legs  of  his  trousers. 

The  genial  chaplain  was  often  the  subject  of  a  joke.  We 
have  related  one  that  occurred  while  in  camp  at  Falmouth. 
Another  too  good  to  be  lost  is  one  told  by  Major  Hincks  and 
recorded  in  an  address  before  the  regimental  society  at  Bridge 
port  in  1879,  as  follows: — "Candor  compels  me  to  state  that 
Chaplain  Stevens  was  then,  as  now,  exceedingly  fond  of  sardines, 
almost  the  only  weakness  in  an  otherwise  very  amiable 
character,  and  as  the  government  was  not  in  the  habit  of  issuing 
these  palatable  little  fishes  for  rations,  he  had  taken  a  supply  of 
them  with  him  when  he  started  from  old  Connecticut.  By  the 
time  that  he  arrived  at  our  quarters,  however,  only  a  single  box 
remained  and  this  happened  to  be  incautiously  left  in  plain  sight 
upon  the  top  of  his  pile  of  luggage  \vhile  its  owner  was  absent 
in  another  part  of  camp.  The  spectacle  of  a  good  man  in 
affliction,  it  has  been  well  observed,  is  one  calculated  to  make 
even  a  celestial  being  weep.  Imagine  then  the  deep  pathos  of 
the  scene  when  upon  Mr.  Stevens'  return  he  found  that  Commis 
sary-Sergeant  Dibble  and  Adjutant  Doten  had  coolly  opened  the 
box  and  were  just  finishing  the  contents.  'Why,  gentlemen,  how 
is  this?'  he  asked.  'Those  sardines  were  mine.  Didn't  you 
see  my  initials  scratched  upon  the  box  ?'  'Your  initials'  said 
Dibble,  'where  are  they?'  'Why  here'  replied  the  Chaplain, 
'don't  you  see  upon  the  lid  H.  S.  S.,  Henry  S.  Stevens?'  'Really 
then.  Chaplain,  I  must  ask  your  pardon'  replied  Dibble.  'I  no 
ticed  the  letters,  indeed,  but  entirely  misunderstood  their  mean 
ing.  Both  Adjutant  Doten  and  myself  supposed  that  H.  S.  S. 
instead  of  meaning  Henry  S.  Stevens  stood  for  Have  Some 
Sardines,  and  accordingly  we  gratefullv  availed  ourselves  of 
your  polite  invitation.'  To  do  our  friend  Mr.  Stevens  justice. 


The  Summer  of    1 863. 


79 


I  think  that  he  was  more  pleased  at  the  ingenuity  of  the  excuse 
than  chagrined  at  the  loss  of  his  sardines." 

Those  were  pleasant  days  at  Cedar  Run  and  gave  the  boys 
opportunity  for  much  needed  rest  and  recuperation  inasmuch  as 
a  larger  and  more  varied  list  of  rations  was  obtained.  Added  to 
this  the  opportunity  for  fishing  and  bathing  was  much  enjoyed. 
Since  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  and  it  was  seen  how  the  Con 
federates  foraged  upon  the  farmers  of  the  loyal  states  the  boys 
of  the  Fourteenth,  who  had  never  been  great  foragers,  became 
n  .ore  or  less  adept. 


National  Cemeterv,  Antietam. 


Among  the  pleasant  incidents  were  the  concerts  given  by  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment  Band  which  had  gained  a  reputation  as 
the  finest  band  in  the  army.  (  )ne  of  these  concerts  especially 
remembered  was  given  one  bright  moonlight  night  and  was  at 
tended  by  the  ladies  of  the  neighboring  plantation.  The  scene 
was  very  picturesque.  The  white  tents  were  pitched  in  a  grove 
fronting  a  grassy  lawn.  A  little  way  off  the  band  was  drawn  up 
in  open  order,  with  soldiers  holding  candles  between,  while  in 
the  background  were  troops  of  soldiers,  some  standing,  others 


1  80  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

leaning  against  the  trees  or  reclining  upon  the  grass,  and  behind 
them  a  few  dozen  of  negroes  of  all  ages  from  the  neighboring 
plantations.  The  band  played  "When  the  Swallows  Homeward 
Fly,"  "Ever  of  Thee  I  am  Fondly  Dreaming"  and  other  selec 
tions,  closing  with  a  stirring  piece  brought  from  Germany  in 
manuscript  and  entitled  "The  Second  Corps  Battle  Gallop" 
wherein  after  an  introductory  overture,  the  bugle  call  and  charge, 
the  roll  of  musketry,  the  boom  of  artillery  and  the  groans  of 
the  wounded  could  all  be  plainly  distinguished.  The  whole 
concluding  with  a  grand  and  almost  deafening  pean  of  rejoicing 
at  the  victory.  Many  still  remember  the  colored  boy  who  danced 
to  the  music  of  the  band  when  they  played  "Fisher's  Hornpipe," 
"Harrigan's  Ball"  or  "Yankee  Doodle",  but  who  was  much 
perplexed  after  the  first  strains  of  "Thou  Art  So  Near  and  Yet 
So  Far"  or  "Home  Sweet  Home".  It  seemed  to  take  some  time 
for  him  to  get  through  his  woolly  head  that  it  was  not  dance 
music. 

Fresh  squads  of  newly  enlisted  men  continued  to  arrive,  one 
hundred  and  forty-three  reaching  camp  August  loth.,  and  as 
rapidly  did  they  desert,  fifty-four  leaving  for  parts  unknown 
before  the  i6th. 

Tuesday,  August  i8th.,  the  outposts  were  all  called  in  and 
line  of  march  was  taken  to  the  rear,  a  goodly  procession  as  far 
as  length  was  concerned,  but  only  about  eighty  of  the  old 
members  of  the  regiment.  They  joined  the  brigade  at  a  stone 
church  near  Bristow  Station  and  marched  to  Elkrun,  about  five 
miles  distant,  where  they  encamped.  This  same  day  another 
squad  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-four  men  arrived  from  Con 
necticut.  This  was  what  remained  of  a  total  of  over  two 
hundred,  the  remainder  having  deserted  en  route,  some  jumping 
from  the  car  windows  while  the  train  was  in  rapid  motion,  and 
others  deserting  at  stations  along  the  journey.  Most  of  these 
men  went  under  assumed  names.  Very  many  not  remembering 
the  names  under  which  they  enlisted  at  roll-call  were  obliged 
to  look  into  their  caps  where  their  names  were  written  on  pieces 
of  paper.  The  presence  of  a  large  class  of  men  of  this  charac 
ter  made  it  doublv  difficult  for  the  old  and  trusted  men  in  the 


The  Summer  of    1863.  181 

regiment.  A  constant  watch  had  to  be  kept  that  they  did  not 
desert  and  very  few  of  them  could  be  trusted  to  do  picket  duty. 

At  this  time  the  only  line  officers  present  were  Captains 
Moore,  Coit,  Lee  and  Lucas,  Lieutenants  Nickles,  Galpin,  Wad- 
hams  and  Hawley.  General  Owen  commanded  the  division  and 
the  colonel  of  the  I2th  New  Jersey  the  brigade.  As  no  field 
officers  were  present,  Colonel  Morris,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Per 
kins  and  Major  Clark  having  been  discharged  from  the  service, 
and  Major  Ellis  being  upon  court  martial  duty  at  Washington, 
by  an  order  from  headquarters,  Major  Hill  of  the  I2th  New  Jersey 
was  detailed  to  take  command  of  the  regiment.  There  was 
much  indignation  in  the  regiment  to  have  an  outsider  put  over 
them.  Major  Hill  was  a  good  officer,  but  for  various  reasons 
there  was  not  the  same  kindly  feeling  toward  the  I2th  New 
Jersey  Regiment  among  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  as  there  was 
for  either  of  the  other  regiments  of  the  brigade.  Major  Ellis 
unexpectedly  returned  from  Washington  and  took  command  of 
the  regiment  and  Major  Hill  was  relieved.  In  spite  of  all  pre 
cautions  desertions  continued  and  roll-call  was  awaited  with  in 
terest  to  learn  how  many  more  had  made  a  safe  distance  from 
the  field  of  service  since  the  last  roll-call. 

August  3 1  st.  the  camp  at  Elkrun  was  broken  up  and  the  regi 
ment  in  company  with  the  brigade  marched  at  daylight  and  halted 
late  in  the  afternoon  at  Hartwood  Church,  a  distance  from  camp 
of  thirteen  to  fifteen  miles,  leaving  their  tents  at  Elkrun.  The 
purpose  of  this  movement  was  to  support  Kilpatrick  in  a  pro 
posed  raid.  This  was  about  opposite  United  States  Ford  on  the 
Rappahannock  and  about  eight  miles  from  the  old  camp  at 
Falrnouth. 

Having  in  mind  Dunn  Browne's  derisive  remark  about  General 
Meade's  and  General  Lee's  Weekly  Express  from  Alexandria 
to  Culpepper,  we  may  say  the  train  started  on  its  return  trip 
when  the  regiment  broke  camp  during  the  afternoon  of  September 
3d.,  and  marched  back  to  Elkrun,  reaching  there  about  ten 
o'clock. 


CHAPTER  XI. 
Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run. 

The  regiment  continued  at  Elkrun  until  the  I2th  of  September, 
with  desertions  of  drafted  men  and  substitutes  still  continuing, 
although  enough  remained  to  give  the  regiment  much  the  appear 
ance  as  before  Antietam  in  regard  to  size.  Many  of  the  new  re 
cruits,  however,  had  shown  good  material  and  commanded  the 
respect  of  officers  and  comrades.  About  this  time  a  more  eligible 
camp  was  selected  close  by,  which  the  men  were  very  loath  to 
leave  when  the  command  to  break  camp  was  given  September 
1 2th,  and  march  was  made  to  Bealeton  and  on  to  Rapidan 
Station,  bivouacking  that  night  within  half  a  mile  of  the  river. 
Next  morning  the  regiment  crossed  the  river  and  bivouacked 
near  Culpepper,  where  they  remained  until  the  morning  of  the 
1 6th.  There  was  much  firing  heard  during  these  days,  but  the 
regiment  was  not  engaged. 

Of  their  experience  at  Culpepper  Sergeant  E.  H.  Wade  says  :— 
''Broke  camp  at  nine  o'clock  and  marched  through  the  town  of 
Culpepper.  It  was  the  prettiest  town  we  have  been  through  yet. 
Quite  a  large  number  of  ladies  \vere  to  be  seen,  but  not  one  but 
what  was  dressed  in  deep  mourning.  Xot  a  smile  was  on  their 
faces,  but  instead  a  scowl  or  frown  met  our  gaze.  Even  the 
little  boys  and  girls  looked  the  same  and  as  for  the  men  they 
were  saucy  and  ugly,  but  we  took  this  all  right  and  the  band 
struck  up  very  appropriately  'Jordan  is  a  Hard  Road  to  Travel'. 
Went  into  camp  at  the  top  of  Cedar  Mountain.  The  enemy  was 
near  and  we  could  see  the  flash  of  their  guns  as  they  fired  at  our 
supply  trains." 

September  i/th  the  regiment  came  down  Cedar  Mountain  at 
six  o'clock  and  marched  until  about  noon.  They  were  in  close 
range  of  the  enemy,  momentarily  expecting  to  be  engaged.  To 
avoid  attracting  attention  by  the  glitter  of  their  gun  barrels,  the 

(182) 


LT.-COL.  SAMUEL  A.   MOORE. 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  185 

men  were  ordered  to  trail  arms.  The  location  of  the  regiment 
at  this  time  was  Robinson's  Run,  near  Cedar  Mountain,  about 
ten  miles  from  Culpepper.  It  was  here  that  the  men  of  the 
regiment  passed  through  a  new  and  trying  experience.  De 
sertions  of  drafted  men  and  substitutes  had  become  so  common 
and  bold  that  the  military  authorities  regarded  some  example  as 
absolutely  necessary  for  discipline  and  good  order.  Few,  if  any, 
regiments  in  the  service  had  been  depleted  so  much  by  casualties 
in  battle  and  disease  as  the  Fourteenth.  As  a  result  a  much 
larger  number  of  recuits  were  assigned  to  the  regiment  than  to 
other  regiments.  We  have  already  spoken  of  the  character  of 
a  large  percentage  of  these  recruits  and  the  very  many  desertions 
from  camp  and  during  the  journey  from  Connecticut.  Growing 
cut  of  these  circumstances  Elliott  and  Laton,  members  of  the 
Fourteenth,  the  first  a  drafted  man  and  the  second  a  substitute, 
were  sentenced  to  be  shot  for  desertion.  The  regiment  had  no 
part  in  the  execution  only  as  spectators  in  common  with  the 
whole  division.  It,  however,  loaned  its  chaplain  for  comfort  and 
band  for  impressiveness,  which  lead  the  way,  playing  the  Portu 
guese  hymn.  It  was  a  very  bungling  affair  from  the  fact  that 
not  more  than  one  cartridge  out  of  the  five  did  any  service. 
After  repeated  firing  the  men  were  pronounced  dead  and  the 
division  was  marched  by  companies  past  the  graves  and  the 
bleeding  forms  of  the  victims.  New  recruits  to  the  regiment 
were  after  that  marched  by  the  graves  as  a  silent  example. 

September  2Oth.  the  regiment  \vas  ordered  out  on  picket  duty 
for  two  days,  and  Major  Hincks  says  that  when  they  returned 
from  picket  duty  two  days  later,  "The  ammunition  was  all  called 
in  and  a  new  supply  issued,  owing  to  shocking  incidents  of  the 
execution." 

About  this  time  a  beautiful  set  of  guidons  were  presented 
to  the  regiment  by  friends  in  New  Haven.  The  making  and 
designing  of  these  guidons  was  in  charge  of  Mr.  Horace  Dibble, 
brother  of  Quartermaster  Charles  F.  Dibble.  They  were  made 
by  Miss  Annie  McCarthy,  now  Mrs.  Annie  M.  Upton  of  Salem, 
Mass.  Quartermaster  Dibble  was  at  the  time  in  New  Haven 
on  a  furlough  and  took  them  to  the  regiment  upon  his  return. 
The  New  Haven  Palladium  said  of  them : 


186  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

"  vSome  of  the  particular  friends  of  the  Fourteenth  C.  V.  in 
this  city  have  been  having-  made  for  the  presentation  to  that 
gallant  regiment  a  very  handsome  set  of  guidons.  They  are 
made  in  the  style  required  by  the  system  adopted  in  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  whereby  not  only  each  regiment  can  be  iden 
tified  by  its  g-uidons,  but  also  the  brigade,  division  and  corps 
to  which  it  is  attached.  These  for  the  Fourteenth  are  of 
heavy  silk,  triangular  in  shape,  exhibiting  a  blue  field  with  red 
border.  On  the  blue  field  is  the  white  satin  trefoil  badge  of 
the  Second  Corps,  bearing  in  gilt  the  name  of  the  regiment. 
For  richness  of  material  and  brilliancy  of  hue,  the  boys  of  the 
Fourteenth  need  not  hesitate  to  place  these  beautifully  made 
colors  alongside  those  of  any  regiment  in  the  army.  They 
are  to  be  mounted  on  handsome  gilt  staves,  surmounted  each 
with  an  acorn.  Quartermaster  Dibble,  who  is  about  to  leave 
this  city  to  rejoin  the  regiment,  will  take  them  to  the  camp." 

There  was  much  annoyance  in  the  camp  of  the  regiment  from 
thieving.  John  Hirst  writing  about  this  time  says : — "The  day 
the  two  bounty  jumpers  were  shot,  I  had  my  knapsack  stolen 
and  with  it  my  new  cap,  shirts,  stockings,  handkerchiefs  and, 
worst  of  all,  my  diary.  Some  of  these  fellows  would  steal  the 
last  cent  you  had  if  they  could  get  a  chance  at  it."  He  further 
says : — "The  other  Sunday  we  had  a  call  for  church  and  had  an 
exhortation  from  '  Paddy  Owen  '  (General  Joshua  T.  Owen), 
who  is  in  temporary  command  of  our  brigade.  He  told  us 
we  saved  the  battle  in  Pennsylvania  (Gettysburg)  by  holding  our 
ground  so  bravely,  and  that  if  the  rebels  had  been  successful  in 
their  great  charge  (Pickett's)  our  whole  army  would  have  been 
cut  in  two  and  we  should  have  been  flanked  upon  all  sides.  He 
gave  our  division,  the  third  of  the  Second  Corps,  the  most 
credit  of  any  in  the  army  for  the  victory  and  said  that  the 
Second  Corps  always  held  the  front  in  time  of  peril,  closing  by 
hoping  we  should  always  hold  it  by  good  deeds  whenever  we  get 
home  again." 

During  these  few  weeks  the  command  of  the  regiment  in  the 
field  and  staff  began  to  assume  more  tangible  shape.  We  have 
already  noted  that  Colonel  Morris  was  discharged  for  disability 


Bristow  Station* and  Mine  Run.  187 

August  I4th.  Major  Theodore  G.  Ellis  was  promoted  lieuten 
ant-colonel  September  22(1,  and  colonel  of  the  regiment  October 
nth.  Captain  Samuel  A.  Moore  of  Company  F  was  promoted 
to  major  September  22d,  and  lieutenant-colonel  October  nth, 
Adjutant  Frederick  B.  Doten  of  Company  F  was  promoted  to 
captain  October  2Oth  and  William  B.  Hincks  from  sergeant- 
major  to  adjutant  October  2Oth.  Captain  Carpenter  of  Com 
pany  C  was  transferred  to  the  Invalid  Corps  on  account  of 
wounds  received  at  Fredericksburg.  Captain  Davis  of  Company 
H  was  dismissed  for  neglect  of  duty  at  conscript  camp  near 
Xew  Haven.  These  two  captains  were  the  last  of  the  original 
captains  that  left  the  state  in  August,  1862,  some  being  killed 
or  dying  of  wounds  and  others  being  promoted.  This  may  have 
given  rise  to  the  very  common  adage  in  the  regiment  that  "if 
one  belonged  to  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  he  would  either 
meet  death  or  promotion  within  a  year." 

September  24th  a  curious  incident  occurred.  A  bull  strayed 
from  within  the  rebel  lines  to  a  cornfield  directly  in  front  of  the 
Fourteenth.  Captain  Lucas  of  Company  D  ordered  a  detail  to 
dispatch  the  beast.  While  the  men  were  skillful  in  shooting 
rebels  this  new  object  of  attack  seemed  to  tax  their  skill.  So 
many  shots  were  fired  in  such  rapid  succession  that  it  was 
thought  that  the  Confederates  had  attacked  our  lines.  Officers 
rode  back  and  forth  in  great  excitement  and  the  First  Brigade 
turned  out  under  arms.  Some  of  the  boys  facetiously  called  this 
the  "Third  Battle  of  Bull  Run."  The  enraged  officers  were, 
however,  appeased  on  receiving  liberal  portions  of  the  animal 
when  dressed. 

The  regiment  numbered  at  this  time  five  hundred  and  eighty 
officers  and  men  present  for  duty,  of  which  four  hundred  and 
eighty  were  recruits,  although  there  were  nine  hundred  on  the 
roll.  Of  these  recruits  a  great  many  had  already  deserted. 
There  was  considerable  complaint  in  the  regiment  concerning  the 
character  of  the  recruits  sent  to  them,  some  making  the  claim 
that  there  was  favoritism  in  the  assignment  of  these  men  and 
that  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  did  not  have  pull  enough  to  se 
cure  picked  men  as  had  other  military  organizations. 


188 


Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


Major  Hincks  makes  this  record  in  his  dairy :— "October  6th, 
bivouac  near  Culpeppef,  Ya.  \Ye  broke  camp  near  Cedar  Moun 
tain  early  this  morning  and  have  marched  back  through  Cul- 
pepper  and  are  now  lying  in  a  field  on  the  north  side  of  the 
town.  On  our  way  here,  just  before  we  reached  Culpepper,  \ve 
met  our  new  Major,  Samuel  A.  Moore,  on  his  way  to  join  us. 
He  was  mounted  on  a  nimble  little  piece  of  horse-flesh  and  was 
very  gladly  received  both  by  officers  and  men,  in  particular  by 
the  members  of  his  old  company  with  whom  he  is  always  a  great 
favorite." 


Q.-M.  CHARLES  F.  DIBBLE. 


Quartermaster  Charles  F.  Dibble  was  a  native  of  Newtown, 
Conn.,  being  born  there  December  2,  1831.  Early  in  life  his 
family  moved  to  New  Haven.  Two  of  the  brothers,  Horace 
and  Charles,  became  prominent  in  the  commercial  life  of  the 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  1  89 

city,  while  a  third  brother,  Frederick,  was  for  many  years  a 
physician,  having  a  large  practice  and  enviable  reputation. 
Quartermaster  Dibble  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
carriage  hardware  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment.  After  his 
service  with  the  Fourteenth  regiment  he  returned  to  New 
Haven  and  entered  into  the  manufacture  of  carriages.  The 
success  of  his  business  was  somewhat  intefered  with  on  account 
of  ill  health,  which  became  serious  from  1871  to  the  end.  He 
died  in  West  Haven,  December  26,  1881.  Quartermaster 
Dibble  was  a  faithful  officer  and  had  the  unshaken  confidence 
of  the  regiment.  In  times  of  hunger  and  distress,  when  rations 
were  short  or  completely  cut  off,  the  men  knew  that  it  was  not 
on  account  o :  a  lack  of  energy  or  alertness  to  duty  of  their 
quartermaster. 

October  the  6tb  the  regiment  camped  at  Culpepper  where  it 
remained  until  the  <)th.  \Yhile  here  one  hundred  and  eighty  new 
recruits  were  received.  This  number  of  recruits  increased  the 
regiment  to  nearer  its  original  size  and  at  dress-parade  the  line 
extended  so  far  that  it  was  difficult  to  see  the  extreme  end,  much 
more  to  hear  the  orders  of  the  adjutant.  On  the  evening  of 
October  loth,  six  days  rations  and  sixty  rounds  of  ammunition 
were  issued  and  the  regiment  marched  five  miles  to  the  front 
and  right  of  Culpepper,  bivouacking  in  a  ravine  covered  with  a 
growth  of  sassafras.  It  was  a  short  rest  in  this  sassafras  thicket 
and  about  two  o'clock  the  next  morning  the  men  were  called  to 
arms,  broke  camp  and  marched  toward  the  Rappahannock. 
There  was  great  difficulty  in  forming  a  line  among  the  sassafras 
bushes  by  the  new  recruits  and  so  long  was  the  delay  that  the 
exasperated  headquarters  threatened  to  put  the  adjutant  under 
arrest.  Lieutenant  William  H.  Hawley  writes  that  as  it  ap 
proached  daylight  it  was  discovered  that  the  whole  army  was  in 
motion  and  that  instead  of  being  a  forward  movement,  it  was  a 
retrograde  one  toward  the  Rappahannock.  "We  crossed  the 
river  on  a  pontoon  bridge,  proceeded  to  Bealeton  Station,  where, 
tired,  sleepy  and  hungry  after  our  march  of  fifteen  miles,  we  ate 
our  dinner  and  supper  together  and  pitched  our  tents  for  the 
night." 


190  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

The  next  morning,  the  I2th,  the  men  were  called  to  arms  and 
marched  forward  to  the  Rappahannock.  Reaching  the  river 
there  was  evidence  of  a  coming  fight.  The  regiment  marched 
"by  the  right  of  companies"  for  the  first  three  miles,  ready  to 
swing  into  line  at  any  moment,  and  then  in  line  of  battle  for 
about  two  miles.  The  Confederates  who  menaced  the  front 
proved  to  be  cavalrymen  and  fell  back  and  the  men  of  the  regi 
ment  rested  for  a  few  hours  on  their  arms.  The  troops  were 
aroused  at  twelve  o'clock  and  reached  the  Rappahannock  about 
daylight.  This  was  the  eighth  time  the  regiment  had  crossed 
the  Rappahannock,  in  fact  it  would  seem  that  crossing  the  Rappa 
hannock  had  become  a  habit  and  that  the  troops  were  ordered 
back  and  forth  over  the  river  when  the  commamU  "s  could  not 
think  of  anything  else  to  do.  Breakfasting  at  eight  o'clock,  the 
men  took  up  their  march  toward  Warrenton,  covering  a  distance 
of  twenty-five  miles.  There  was  no  opportunity  to  cook  rations 
during  the  long  march  and  the  men  were  tired,  hungry  and  foot 
sore. 

This  was  in  the  locality  of  Auburn,  a  village  of  a  church,  a 
blacksmith  shop  and  a  postoffice.  We  will  let  Lieutenant  Haw- 
ley,  in  command  of  Company  A  at  this  time,  tell  the  story  of  this 
skirmish.  He  says: — "Before  daylight  breakfast  was  eaten  and 
we  were  again  in  motion.  Had  gone  but  half  a  mile  and  halted 
for  a  moment  when  Colonel  Ellis  turned  to  me  (I  was  in  com 
mand  of  Company  A  and  was  at  the  head  of  the  column)  .and 
said  'Lieutenant  Hawley,  tell  your  men  to  load  their  pieces.'  I 
gave  the  order  'Attention,  Company  A.'  'Load  at  will,  load/ 
The  order  was  repeated  down  the  line.  This  was  the  first  inti 
mation  we  had  of  any  danger.  Almost  immediately  after  this 
bang,  bang  went  the  artillery  and  the  muskets  began  to  crack. 
The  morning  was  very  foggy  and  the  firing  appeared  to  be  upon 
all  sides  of  us.  We  feared  the  rebels  had  surrounded  us  in  the 
night.  We  had  just  forded  a  little  brook  and  now  filed  off  to 
the  left  into  a  field,  leaving  the  road  and  standing  in  line  of  battle 
at  the  foot  of  a  low  hill,  waiting  the  order  to  advance.  It  proved 
to  be  only  a  cavalry  dash  at  our  wagon-train.  The  enemy  had 
been  lurking  around  our  pickets  in  the  night  and  made  a  sud- 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  191 

den  charge  upon  our  rear,  hoping  to  capture  the  ammunition 
wagons.  They  had  also  planted  a  couple  of  guns  upon  the  hill 
in  our  front,  and  were  about  to  open  on  our  advancing  column 
at  short  range,  with  shell  and  canister,  but  they  found  the  Sec 
ond  Corps  not  unprepared,  and  one  of  our  batteries  opened  upon 
them  before  they  could  fire  a  single  shot,  causing  a  hasty  re 
treat.  The  Fourteenth  was  not  engaged." 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  states  that  while  crossing  the  small 
stream  with  the  regiment,  he  was  ordered  to  give  way  to  allow 
Arnold's  Battery  to  pass  through,  after  which  he  ordered  the 
regiment  to  line  up  by  a  fence.  He  is  of  the  opinion,  however, 
that  the  regiment  was  engaged  as  he  knew  one  of  his  men  killed 
a  rebel  captain. 

According  to  Walker  in  his  "History  of  the  Second  Corps" 
the  situation  here  seemed  critical  as  for  a  fewr  moments  it  ap 
peared  as  if  the  Second  Corps  were  surrounded  on  all  sides  by 
the  enemy  and  seemed  destined  to  be  annihilated. 

After  this  short  engagement  a  strong  line  of  skirmishers  was 
thrown  out  on  both  sides  of  the  road  and  all  went  well  until 
about  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  when  the  enemy  opened  upon 
them  near  Bristow  Station.  The  regiment,  in  connection  with 
the  corps,  was  marching  rapidly  by  the  flank  about  a  half  mile 
from  the  Orange  &  Alexandria  Railroad,  on  the  east  side  and 
parallel  with  it,  w7hen  the  enemy,  posted  on  a  hill  directly  in  front 
of  them,  opened  fire  upon  the  column  with  shell.  The  Four 
teenth  quickened  its  pace,  finally  being  urged  to  a  double-quick 
and  passing  through  a  grove  of  cedar  trees,  they  came  on  to  a 
broad  plateau  extending  on  the  left  quite  down  to  the  railroad. 
"\Yhen  the  rear  had  finally  cleared  the  cedars,  Colonel  Ellis  gave 
the  order  "By  the  left  flank,  forward,  double-quick,  charge." 
There  was  some  confusion  among  the  new  recruits,  but  on  the 
whole  they  behaved  well  and  as  soon  as  they  understood  the 
order  were  in  line.  Most  of  the  men  who  were  lost,  either  killed 
or  wounded,  fell  in  this  short  march  from  the  woods  to  the  rail 
road.  The  men  went  down  the  embankment  into  the  cut,  up 
the  opposite  side,  forming  line  of  march  on  the  plateau  and 
marching  to  a  piece  of  woods  which  they  entered,  then  advanc- 


192  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

ing  to  its  farther  edge  where  the  order  was  given  to  lie  down. 
In  front  was  a  pasture  grown  up  with  tall  grass  and  cedar 
bushes.  Beyond  it  were  some  woods  in  the  edge  of  which  a 
Confederate  battery  was  planted.  The  Union  batteries,  however, 
soon  made  it  so  warm  for  the  enemy  that  they  fell  back  into  the 
wroods,  coming  out  to  discharge  their  guns  and  then  making 
swift  time  to  get  back  out  of  sight.  There  was  a  general  desire 
in  the  regiment  to  go  forward  and  capture  the  battery,  but  this 
was  forbidden  by  Colonel  Ellis,  after  which  some  men  of  the 
regiment,  with  others  of  the  brigade,  went  out  and  brought  the 
guns  in.  Upon  the  refusal  of  Colonel  Ellis  to  allow  the  regi 
ment  to  go  forward  and  capture  the  battery,  Sergeant  Edwin 
Stroud,  of  Company  B,  picked  up  his  gun  and  briefly  remarking 
that  he  was  going  to  make  an  advance  upon  his  own  account, 
disappeared  among  the  cedar  bushes,  from  which  he  soon 
emerged,  driving  before  him  five  rebel  prisoners  whom  he  had 
captured  single-handed.  The  regiment  was  then  ordered  to  with 
draw  to  a  point  near  the  railroad  track  where  behind  a  low  em 
bankment  they  remained  in  line  until  after  dark,  but  the  attack 
was  not  resumed. 

Sergeant  Benjamin  Hirst  says  of  this  engagement: — "This 
affair  at  Bristow  Station  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  little  bat 
tles  that  occurred  during  the  whole  war  and  came  about  in  this 
way.  General  Lee,  whose  army  was  rapidly  recruited  after  its 
return  to  Virginia,  began  to  get  tired  of  inactivity  and  so  re 
solved  upon  a  new  campaign  with  the  object  of  driving  the 
Union  troops  out  of  Virginia  and  taking  advantage  of  any 
errors  that  might  be  committed  on  the  Union  side.  How  near 
he  succeeded  is  told  in  the  battle  at  Bristow  Station  where  the 
Second  Corps,  through  some  mistake  of  General  Sykes,  was  left 
without  support  in  front  of  General  Early 's  Division,  who  wras 
thrusting  his  brigades  in  the  gap  between  Sykes'  rear  and  War 
ren's  advance.  Both  sides  were  taken  by  surprise.  Early  sup 
posed  he  was  following  the  Union  rear  when  he  was  attacked 
by  Warren  and  Warren  supposed  the  road  was  clear  in  front 
until  the  head  of  his  column  was  assailed  by  the  rebels.  In  the 
mutual  surprise  Warren  displayed  the  best  judgment  by  seizing 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run. 


193 


SARC;T.  BENJAMIN  HIRST, 

From  whose  letters  to  the  Rockville,  (Conn.)  Journal,  valuable  data  for  this  history 

has  been  obtained. 


the  railroad  cut  and  embankment  a  moment  or  two  before  the 
rebels  could  get  there  and  when  the  rebels  did  get  there  they 
were  driven  back  with  great  loss.  After  this  repulse.  Early  wras 
more  cautious  than  was  his  habit  and  waited  too  long  before 
renewing  the  attack,  when  he  had  at  least  one-half  of  the  rebel 
army  under  his  command  while  \Yarren  had  but  the  Second 
Corps,  containing  about  12,000  men  only." 

Sergeant  E.  B.  Tyler  gives  his  impressions  of  this  battle  in 
the  following  words: — "It  was  on  one  of  the  'Express  Excur 
sions'  owing  to  some  disarrangement  of  the  time  schedule  or 
some  other  mismanagement  evidently  that  the  collision  at  Bristow 


194  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

Station  occurred  October  I4th.  Hardly  deserving  to  be  called 
a  battle  in  all  that  implies,  yet  for  a  short,  sharp  and  promptly 
decided  little  fight,  it  was  a  rare  specimen.  The  rebel  attack 
with  artillery,  cavalry  and  infantry  on  our  Second  Corps,  who 
were  acting  as  rear-guard  that  day,  was  spirited  enough,  but  thev 
ought  to  have  known  better  and  the  short  time  it  took  the  old 
Second  Corps  to  capture  one  of  their  batteries  and  about  five 
hundred  prisoners  was  probably  a  surprise  to  some  of  them.  It 
was  not  a  trifling  lesson  to  us,  however,  and  was  the  first  time 
that  some  of  our  recruits  were  under  fire.  In  the  main  they 
acted  creditably,  some  being  wounded  and  others  taken  prisoners." 

The  following  is  the  list  of  casualties  to  the  regiment  returned 
by  Colonel  Ellis  :— 

"Killed,  enlisted  men,  4;  wounded,  commissioned  officers  (1st 
Lieutenant  Wilbur  D.  Fisk)  I,  enlisted  men,  17;  missing,  4; 
total,  26. 

Company  A.  Killed,  Private,  James  McLaughlin ;  wounded, 
Private  William  Abrahams. 

Company  B.     Killed,  Corporal  Charles  Brooks. 

Company  C.  Wounded,  Privates,  \Vatson  A.  Spring,  James 
Somers. 

Company  D.  Missing,  Privates,  William  Mott,  Lindrich  Hoi- 
comb,  Lemuelk  Munyan. 

Company  E.     Killed,  Private,  Frederick  Smith. 

Company  F.  Killed,  Sergeant,  Charles  McAlhattan  :  wounded, 
ist  Lieutenant,  Wilbur  D.  Fisk,  Privates,  Wrilliam  C.  Brown, 
Thomas  Fisher,  Paul  Ducest ;  missing,  Private,  Charles  Lutz. 

Company  G.  W'ounded,  Sergeant,  Jonathan  S.  Scranton, 
Privates,  John  Dooley,  George  Mireson,  Henry  Redfield,  Thomas 
Doyle. 

Company  H.  Wounded,  Privates,  Orlando  C.  Pritchard, 
Charles  F.  Conway. 

Company  I.     Wounded,  Private,  John  Smith. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  Sergeant,  Joseph  T.  Adams,  Privates, 
Andrew  Flood,  John  Doyle." 

Colonel  Smyth,  commanding  the  brigade,  in  his  report  to 
General  Hays,  gives  the  relative  position  of  the  regiment  in  the 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  195 

morning  engagement  at  Auburn  as  follows : — "While  crossing 
Turkey  Creek  the  enemy  opened  on  the  column  with  artillery. 
An  order  was  received  from  Brigadier-General  Hays,  command 
ing  the  division,  to  deploy  skirmishers  on  the  right  and  left 
flanks  of  the  column.  I  accordingly  deployed  five  companies  of 
the  First  Delaware  Volunteers,  under  command  of  Major 
Woodall,  and  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xew  York  Volun 
teers,  under  command  of  Colonel  Powers,  the  First  Delaware 
on  the  left  and  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xew  York  Volun 
teers  on  the  right.  The  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers 
were  formed  in  line  of  battle  with  the  right  resting  on  the  road, 
and  as  the  enemy  commenced  a  fire  of  musketry  farther  to  the 
left,  the  First  Delaware  skirmishers  were  extended  by  the  left 
flank,  and  the  Twelfth  Xew  Jersey  Volunteers  were  formed  in 
line  of  battle  facing  to  the  left  with  the  right  resting  on  the  left 
of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut.  Receiving  an  order  from  General 
Hays  to  advance  by  a  flank  on  the  road  and  throw  flankers  on 
the  right,  the  column  then  moved  on." 

In  regard  to  the  formation  in  the  afternoon  at  Bristow  Station 
he  says: — "About  3  P.  M.,  as  the  column  was  marching  by  a 
flank  from  a  wood  toward  the  railroad  near  Bristow  Station,  the 
enemy  suddenly  attacked  the  column  with  artillery.  General 
Hays  ordered  me  to  form  line  of  battle  to  the  left,  and  advance 
as  the  brigade  debauched  from  the  wood.  I  marched  it  by  the 
left  flank,  owing  to  the  right  of  the  brigade  marching  in  line, 
while  the  left  was  obliged  to  move  forward  into  line  as  it  came 
out  of  the  wood.  Some  little  disorder  was  occasioned  which 
was,  however,  soon  rectified,  and  the  brigade  was  formed  into 
line  of  battle  along  the  railroad.  A  column  of  the  enemy  ap 
peared  on  a  hill  in  our  front  and  a  little  to  our  right,  and  opened 
a  fire  of  musketry.  An  order  was  received  from  General  Hays  to 
move  forward  through  the  wood  and  charge  that  column  of  the 
enemy  on  their  right  flank.  I  ordered  my  command  to  fix 
bayonets  and  advance  through  the  woods.  The  line  was  formed 
of  the  following  regiments  in  succession  to  the  left :  The  Four 
teenth  Connecticut  Volunteers,  Twelfth  XTew  Jersey,  and  One 
Hundred  and  Eighth  Xew  York  Volunteers.'' 


196  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

The  following  is  the  official  report  of  Colonel  Theodore  G. 
Ellis  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut:— 

"Headquarters     Fourteenth    Connecticut    Volunteers, 
October  i7th.  1863. 

Sir: — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the 
part  taken  by  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers  in  the  en 
gagement  near  Bristow  Station,  on  the  I4th  instant.  We  were 
marching  along  the  easterly  side  of  the  Orange  &  Alexandria 
Railroad  when  we  came  in  sight  of  the  enemy,  posted  on  a  hill 
some  five  hundred  yards  west  of  the  railroad,  our  column 
marching  by  the  right  flank,  being  about  the  same  distance  east 
of  it.  Coming  up  opposite  the  enemy's  batteries  on  the  double- 
quick,  the  regiment  was  marched  to  the  front  in  line  of  battle 
across  the  railroad,  and  through  a  piece  of  woods  to  its  farther 
edge,  where  \ve  remained  for  some  time  in  line  of  battle.  In 
advancing  toward  the  railroad  we  met  with  most  of  our  loss, 
from  a  severe  infantry  fire  from  our  front  and  right. 

The  enemy  being  driven  off  from  the  position  on  the  hill  to 
our  front,  we  were  ordered  to  advance.  After  advancing  a  short 
distance,  we  observed  a  line  of  battle  of  the  enemy  through  the 
woods  on  our  left.  We  immediately  changed  front  to  left,  and 
engaged  such  part  of  the  line  as  could  be  seen  through  the  open 
ings.  Receiving  orders  to  fall  back  to  the  railroad,  we  did  so, 
and  remained  lying  in  line  of  battle  along  its  easterly  side  until 
the  troops  were  withdrawn  at  night. 

Very  respectfully  your  obedient  servant. 

THEODORE  G.  ELLIS, 
Colonel  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers." 

Great  was  the  relief  of  General  Warren  when  night  settled 
down  over  the  affair  at  Bristow  and  yet  all  danger  was  not  over. 
It  was  not  in  the  power  of  Lee  to  prevent  the  retreat  of  the 
Union  army  under  cover  of  darkness.  No  one  will  forget  the 
anxiety  of  the  evening  of  the  I4th  of  October,  the  utmost 
silence  was  commanded,  not  a  camp  fire  was  to  be  light 
ed,  not  a  match  to  be  struck.  Such  utter  silence  was  in 
voked  that  the  men  were  instructed  to  place  their  hands 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  197 

between  their  tin  cups  and  canteens  that  the  tell-tale  rattle 
might  not  indicate  that  the  army  was  in  motion.  No  word  of 
command  was  to  be  spoken  above  a  whisper.  Thus  in  ghostly 
silence  the  army  was  to  steal  away,  marching  by  the  flank  across 
the  enemy's  front  within  three  hundred  yards  of  their  skirmishers. 
About  ten  o'clock  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  which  was  in  the 
rear  of  the  column,  began  to  move.  It  was  tedious  marching, 
having  often  to  go  on  the  double-quick  to  keep  with  the  rest  of 
the  brigade,  crossing  four  creeks,  some  of  them  deep  and  all 
cold  and  chilling.  Just  before  dawn  the  column  crossed  Bull 
Run  at  Blackburn's  Ford  and  then  filed  out  on  the  side  of  the 
road  where  they  rested.  No  wonder  the  men  soon  found  oblivion 
in  sleep,  having  been  sixty  hours  or  more  in  marching,  battle  and 
skirmishing. 

The  men  slept  late  the  morning  of  Thursday,  October  I5th. 
During  the  forenoon  the  position  was  changed  a  few  hundred 
yards.  Some  of  the  enemy's  cavalry  made  their  appearance  upon 
the  bluffs  on  the  opposite  or  southern  side  of  Blackburn's  Ford, 
a  little  later  getting  some  guns  into  position.  The  regiment  \vas 
lying  flank  to  a  sharp  fire  in  an  exposed  position,  but  Colonel 
Ellis,  seeing  the  danger,  wheeled  the  regiment  so  as  to  face  the 
fire  and  the  Fourteenth  suffered  no  casualties  as  the  shells  all 
passed  over  their  heads.  A  detachment  of  skirmishers  from  the 
Fourteenth  crossed  the  ford  and  kept  up  a  rattling  fire  with  the 
Confederates  until  a  large  detachment  of  cavalry  crossed  upon  the 
trot,  whereupon  the  Confederates  retreated  still  more  hastily. 

While  encamped  here  an  accident  occurred  to  Corporal  Jona 
than  W.  Phillips,  of  Company  H,  who  was  accidentally  shot  with 
a  revolver  by  Private  Charles  H.  Garde.  The  wound  proved 
fatal,  Phillips  dying  the  I9th.  He  was  a  worthy  soldier  and 
there  was  deep  regret  in  the  regiment  at  his  untimely  and  needless 
death. 

Again  wre  find  the  regiment  on  the  move  on  the  morning  of 
Monday,  October  iQth,  marching  at  daylight  in  a  drizzling  rain 
and  carrying  eleven  days  rations,  toward  Warrenton  on  the  old 
route  to  Richmond.  It  seemed  to  be  the  return  of  Dunn 
Browne's  express  train.  They  were  obliged  to  ford  several 


198  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

deep  streams,  one  of  special  interest  for  depth  and  coldness  was 
Kettle  Run.  The  men  rested  a  short  time  at  Manassas  Junction 
and  were  soon  after  formed  in  line  of  battle,  expecting  an  en 
gagement,  as  the  cavalry  were  driving  the  Confederates  before 
them.  At  night  they  camped  near  Bristow  Station,  remaining 
there  until  seven  the  next  morning,  when  they  began  the  march 
toward  Auburn,  passing  through  the  villages  of  Gainesville  and 
Greenwich,  reaching  the  former  place  in  the  afternoon. 

On  the  morning  of  October  23d,  Auburn  was  abandoned  and 
a  move  of  four  miles  was  made  toward  Warrenton,  and  camped 
in  a  field  just  outside  of  the  town.  Assurances  were  made  that 
the  regiment  would  remain  some  time  at  this  point  and  the  men 
began  industriously  to  build  shelters,  the  first  of  five  attempts  in 
this  direction.  During  these  days  there  were  daily  regimental 
and  battalion  drills.  There  was  much  sickness  in  the  regiment, 
sixty-five  being  excused  from  duty  in  one  day.  While  at  this 
camp  the  men  were  glad  to  greet  Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins, 
who,  as  we  have  stated,  had  been  discharged  on  account  of 
wounds  received  at  Fredericksburg. 

With  eight  days  rations  in  their  haversacks  the  troops  marched 
on  the  morning  of  Saturday,  November  the  /th,  about  twenty 
miles  to  Kelly's  Ford,  and  the  next  day  crossed  the  Rappahannock 
for  the  ninth  time  and  at  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  bivouacked 
near  Brandy  Station.  At  this  time  Colonel  Ellis  was  on  leave 
of  absence,  the  regiment  being  under  command  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Moore. 

It  was  a  relief  to  the  men  to  learn  that  there  was  to  be  a  de 
cided  reform  in  the  over-issuing  of  rations  and  ammunition. 
Dunn  Browne  has  this  to  say  on  that  point : — "I'm  greatly  en 
couraged  ;  more  reconciled  to  not  being  commander-in-chief  of 
all  the  armies  of  America  than  I  have  been  for  a  long  time  ;  for 
there  are  actually  some  glimmerings  of  sense  beginning  to  be 
perceptible,  even  in  the  management  of  our  War  Department. 
An  order  has  come  down,  I  am  informed  by  a  credible  witness 
who  says  he  has  seen  it, — has  actually  come  down,  and  is  to  take 
effect  immediately,  that  the  men  are  not  to  be  compelled  to  earn- 
on  their  backs  henceforth  more  than  five  davs  rations  at  anv  one 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  199 

time.  T  had  utterly  despaired  of  the  thing  ;  had  seen  the  eight- 
days,  the  ten-days,  and,  in  one  or  two  instances,  the  eleven-days 
mule-burden  piled  on  the  men's  backs  over  and  over  again, 
cruelly,  \vastefully,  and  uselessly,  never  once  accomplishing  the 
purpose,  never  in  any  single  instance  lasting  over  six  days,  till  I 
had  about  concluded  that  the  Administration  was  in  some  way 
politically  committed  to  the  arrangement,  and  that  I  might  un 
intentionally  be  committing  high  Copperheadism  by  grumbling 
about  it.  And  another  thing:  you  won't  believe  me  this  time, 
I  know  ;  and  you  needn't ;  it's  too  much  to  ask  of  you,  certainly, 
in  the  same  letter  that  mentions  the  above  reform,  but  it's  the 
positive  fact,  nevertheless,  that  only  forty  rounds  of  cartridges 
are  required  henceforth  to  be  carried  by  our  soldiers.  I  am 
afraid  Secretary  Stanton  and  General  Halleck  aren't  going  to 
live  long,  they  are  getting  so  good  and  considerate  all  at  once ; 
but  they  couldn't  die  in  a  better  cause.  Why,  more  cartridges 
have  been  wasted  during  this  war  by  compelling  the  men  to  carry 
sixty,  eighty,  and  even  a  hundred  rounds,  when  their  cartridge- 
boxes  won't  hold  but  forty,  than  would  carry  on  for  ten  years  a 
small  'scrimmage'  like  that  of  England  and  France  in  the 
Crimea.  And,  besides  the  relief  from  the  burden,  the  boys  will 
no  longer  be  liable  to  drink  gunpowder-coffee  from  a  cartridge 
in  their  haversack  bursting  into  their  sugar  or  coffee  sack,  or 
to  be  blown  up  by  a  match  setting  fire  to  an  extra  package  in 
their  breeches-pocket." 

A  stop  was  made  at  Brandy  Station  through  Monday.  The 
band  of  the  regiment  tendered  its  courtesy  to  General  French, 
who  had  asumed  command  of  the  Third  Corps,  by  serenading 
him  in  the  evening. 

Tuesday,  November  loth.,  the  march  was  resumed,  reaching  a 
point  near  Stevensburg,  about  ten  miles  east  of  Culpepper  and 
four  miles  north  of  Kelly's  Ford.  Again  the  army  was  given 
assurance  that  a  long  tarry  might  be  expected  here.  The  camp 
was  on  a  large  plain,  slightly  marshy,  and  the  men  for  the  sec 
ond  time  began  to  make  comfortable  quarters  for  the  winter. 
\Yhile  here  fresh  bread  was  issued  which  was  a  relief  from  the 
time  worn  and  somewhat  animated  hardtack.  But  the  hopes  of 


200  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

a  permanent  camp  seemed  to  be  dashed  and  orders  were  given 
on  the  morning  of  the  26th  to  break  camp,  pack  up  and  be  on 
the  march.  By  ten  o'clock  (iermania  Ford  on  the  Rapidan  was 
reached,  a  distance  of  about  eight  miles,  and  a  tarry  was  made 
in  a  deep  ravine  for  some  hours,  no  fires  being  allowed.  About 
two  o'clock  they  crossed  the  Rapidan  on  a  pontoon  bridge  and 
found  the  unoccupied  intrenchments  of  the  Confederates  were 
formidable  and  well-nigh  impregnable.  The  weather  was  ex 
tremely  cold.  After  going  for  several  miles  along  a  road  shut 
in  on  either  side  by  a  dense  forest,  they  emerged  into  a  compara 
tively  open  country  and  leaving  the  road  followed  the  column  as 
it  meandered  through  the  fields  and  across  divers  creeks  and 
swamps  until  finally  a  halt  was  made  for  the  night  on  the  side  of 
a  stony  hill. 

The  corps  started  the  next  morning  at  seven  o'clock  following 
a  road  which  led  through  the  woods.  At  about  eleven  o'clock 
the  quick  sharp  rattle  of  musketry  was  heard  a  short  distance 
ahead,  showing  that  the  enemy  had  been  encountered.  The 
order  double-quick  was  passed  down  the  line  and  the  men 
marched  swiftlv  forward  for  a  short  distance,  when  the  narrow 
woods  road  emerged  on  to  a  broad  thoroughfare  running  east 
and  west.  Turning  to  the  right  the  regiment  continued  up  the 
road  toward  the  west,  but  the  pace  was  too  fast  for  the  men  and 
the  column  strung  out  badly.  A  few  moments  later  the  regiment 
ascended  a  hill  which  had  just  been  vacated  bv  the  Confederate 
troops  who  had  retreated  only  a  short  distance  as  the  showers  of 
bullets  that  fell  around  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  plainly  in 
dicated.  A  heavy  skirmish  line  was  thrown  across  the  field  into 
the  woods  before  which  the  Confederates  beat  a  hasty  retreat. 
Regiment  after  regiment  filed  up  the  hill,  and  on  reaching  the 
crest  of  which,  the  Fourteenth  filed  to  the  left  and  immediately 
began  the  building  of  breastworks.  Here  the  men  rested  until 
daybreak  of  the  28th,  when  they  were  relieved  by  the  First 
Corps  and  told  to  go  to  the  woods,  cook  coffee  and  get  breakfast, 
with  the  assurance  that  no  more  service  would  be  required  of 
them  that  day.  Scarcely  an  hour,  however,  had  passed  when 
thev  were  formed  in  line  of  battle  with  fixed  bayonets,  skirm- 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  201 

ishers  thrown  out  in  front  and  an  advance  was  made  going  over 
the  breastworks  erected  by  the  regiment  the  night  before  and 
now  occupied  by  the  First  Corps.  Indications  were  that  there 
would  be  an  engagement,  but  the  rebel  pickets  fell  back  a  mile 
or  two  to  their  main  body  which  occupied  a  very  strong  position 
and  could  be  seen  entrenched  behind  a  stone  wall  about  a  mile 
and  a  half  distant.  A  creek  running  between  the  Union  line 
and  these  entrenched  Confederates  had  been  flooded  by  the 
enemy,  making  it  impossible  to  pass.  Union  and  Confederate 
batteries  exchanged  compliments  with  hot  shot  and  shell  much 
to  the  discomfort  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  who  were  directly 
in  range  of  these  flying  missiles.  The  men  remained  under  fire 
in  a  cold  drenching  rain  until  dark  when  they  again  retired  to 
the  woods  for  the  night. 

Sunday,  the  29th,  the  Second  Corps  marched  back,  their  places 
being  occupied  by  the  Fifth  Corps.  The  corps  then  made  a 
detour  of  the  Confederate  army  and  it  was  soon  apparent  that 
the  division  of  which  the  Fourteenth  was  a  part  was  to  attack 
the  enemy's  right  flank.  A  good  position  was  finally  gained, 
though  several  of  the  men  were  killed  and  wounded,  but  night 
coming  on  the  main  attack  was  postponed  until  morning. 

At  two  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  November  3Oth.  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Aloore  received  an  order  from  headquarters  that  an  at 
tack  would  be  made  along  the  whole  line  at  five  o'clock,  the  men 
to  be  under  arms  an  hour  earlier,  profound  silence  to  be  observed 
and  no  fires  or  lights  allowed.  The  morning  was  bitter  cold  and 
the  men  suffered  intensely.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  led  the 
regiment  to  its  appointed  position,  other  lines  of  troops  converg 
ing  from  various  directions.  The  Second  Corps  was  formed  in 
two  lines  of  battle,  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  on  the  left.  It  \vas 
rumored  through  the  ranks  that  the  attack  would  be  at  eight 
o'clock  upon  the  first  sound  of  the  bugle,  and  at  the  second 
sound  the  men  were  to  charge  across  the  field  with  fixed  bayonets, 
and  not  to  halt  or  fire  a  shot  until  the  enemy's  breastworks  were 
carried.  Orders  were  given  that  the  knapsacks  be  piled  in  heaps. 
John  Hirst  has  an  incident  of  interest  at  this  point.  "'We  did  not 
go  far  before  we  were  halted,  and  stripped  off  our  knapsacks  and 


202  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

what  things  we  did  not  need  for  immediate  use.  I  tell  you  it 
looked  like  a  desperate  undertaking  to  charge  across  those  open 
fields  in  the  face  of  those  rebel  earthworks  fully  manned  as  they 
\vere  by  some  of  the  best  soldiers  in  the  rebel  army.  A  good  many 
of  our  men  wrote  their  names,  company  and  regiment  upon  pieces 
of  paper,  which  they  pinned  upon  their  coats,  for  very  few  ex 
pected  if  the  charge  was  made  to  come  out  of  it  alive.  While 
we  were  waiting  for  the  word  to  go,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore 
came  to  me  and  putting  his  hand  upon  my  shoulder,  said : — 'Jack, 
do  you  see  those  works?'  'Yes,'  I  replied.  'Well,  I  want  to 
see  you  plant  those  colors  right  upon  those  works.'  '1  shall  go 
just  as  far  as  those  Johnnies  will  let  me  go  alive.'  At  which 
reply  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  turned  away,  his  teeth  set  together 
like  a  vise.  I  tell  you  it  was  a  good  thing  for  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment  that  the  order  to  charge  never  came.  We  were  in 
the  front  line  of  battle  and  our  orders  were  if  we  got  through 
the  works,  to  keep  right  along  as  far  as  we  could  go,  regardless 
of  life  or  limb." 

J.  L.  Goss  writing  to  the  Aleriden  Journal  relates  this  incident. 
"Lieutenant-Colonel  Sam  Moore,  with  his  thin  face,  white  and 
stern,  walking  slowly  among  his  men  said,  'Men,  there  is  no 
use  denying  it,  but  three-quarters  of  yon  are  to  be  left  in  that 
marsh  with  your  toes  turned  up;  but  remember  the  Fourteenth 
never  quailed  yet,  and  Fll  shoot  the  first  man  that  does  it  now." 

Lieutenant  William  H.  Hawley,  of  Company  B,  sums  up  the 
situation  at  this  point  as  follows: — "The  Fourteenth  was  in  the 
first  line  of  battle  where  the  bullets  would  strike  the  thickest  in 
the  charge.  Knapsacks  were  ordered  to  be  laid  aside  so  that 
no  useless  weight  might  encumber  the  men.  And  now  General 
Warren  rides  slowly  down  our  lines,  his  sober  face  more  sober 
than  usual.  He  evidently  dislikes  to  sacrifice  his  brave  troops 
in  such  a  desperate  undertaking.  The  rebels  have  thrown  up 
earthworks  five  feet  or  more  high  and  in  front  of  them  have 
strewn  fallen  trees  and  brush  to  entangle  us.  Before  we  reach 
these  breastworks  a  plain  one-half  mile  in  width  must  be 
crossed  which  will  be  swept  by  the  fire  of  eight  guns,  some  of 
them  so  planted  as  to  give  an  enfilading  fire.  Whoever  is  for- 


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tunate  enough  to  pass  unharmed  through  the  storm  of  bullets 
and  shell  and  grape-shot  and  over  the  obstructions  will  find  him 
self  confronted  by  a  five  foot  wall  with  sharp  bayonets  behind 
it.  Eight  o'clock  has  arrived  and  we  expect  the  order  to  ad 
vance.  \Ve  hear  the  roar  of  cannon  from  our  right.  General 
Aleade  has  sent  word  from  the  right,  asking  Warren  if  the 
Second  Corps  can  take  the  enemy's  works.  'Yes'  replied  Warren, 
'they  can  take  them,  but  there  will  be  no  more  Second  Corps.' 
Then  Aleade  himself  arrives  on  the  ground,  surveys  the  works 
through  his  glass,  reckons  the  time  it  will  take  to  reach  them 
and  shakes  his  head,  saying  'it  is  of  no  use  to  try  to  climb  a  wall 
with  two  ladders.'  And  so  the  charge  was  abandoned.  They 
did  not,  however,  see  fit  to  tell  us  of  their  decision  and  so  we 
wait  with  anxious  hearts  until  the  sun  goes  down." 

To  continue  our  narrative  of  the  movements  of  the  regiment. 
Toward  night  fires  were  allowed  which  were  grateful  to  the  half 
frozen  men.  After  dark  the  troops  were  withdrawn  under  the 
caution  of  quietness  to  the  hill  occupied  the  night  previous, 
leaving  the  pickets  behind  with  fires  burning  to  mislead  the 
enemy.  AJajor  Hincks  remarks  "that  a  polar  bear  would  have 
frozen  on  that  hill  that  night."  There  was  little  activity  on  the 
part  of  the  enemy  through  the  day,  evidently  intending  to  draw 
the  Union  troops  forward.  December  ist  the  weather  proved 
milder  and  the  men  were  engaged  strengthening  the  breastworks 
which  they  had  built  a  few  nights  previous  with  brush  and  rails. 
About  seven  o'clock  the  men  lay  down  for  the  night,  but  were 
soon  aroused  and  ordered  to  prepare  to  move.  This  was  the 
night  that  Lieutenant-Colonel  Aloore  and  Major  Hincks  did  not 
sleep  on  their  coveted  feather  bed  from  which  they  anticipated 
so  much  comfort.  The  movement,  however,  this  time  was  a 
retrograde  one,  moving  toward  the  Rapidan,  in  perfect  silence. 
After  marching  a  few  miles  the  Fredericksburg  and  Orange 
Court  House  plank  road  was  reached  and  Lieutenant  Hawley, 
with  part  of  Company  D,  was  stationed  at  the  point  where  the 
column  turned  off  the  road  toward  the  river,  to  direct  stragglers 
and  the  pickets,  the  latter  being  left  on  duty  seven  hours  after 
the  departure  of  the  main  army.  Although  this  was  a  dangerous 


204  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

position  Lieutenant  Hawley  crossed  in  safety  and  a  few  stray 
shots  from  the  artillery  served  to  hurry  the  stragglers  across  the 
river.  The  column  made  a  halt  of  only  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes 
from  the  time  they  left  the  extreme  left  of  the  Confederate  line 
near  Mine  Run  until  they  crossed  the  bridge  after  daylight,  and 
the  pace  was  very  fast  all  the  way.  The  pontoons  were  hastily 
taken  up  and  the  men  were  allowed  time  to  make  coffee  and  have 
a  few  hours  sleep,  and  then  took  up  a  wearisome  journey  to  their 
old  camp  at  Stevensburg,  where  they  arrived  about  eight,  o'clock 
at  night.  This  march  may  perhaps  be  put  down  as  the  hardest 
and  most  trying  that  the  regiment  ever  made. 

Sergeant  E.  15.  Tyler  gives  the  following  graphic  description 
of  the  situation  here: — "Hie  writer  recalls  no  more  serious  oc 
casion  in  his  army  experience  than  at  Aline  Run  in  the  flank 
movement  of  the  Second  Corps  when  the  Fourteenth  were  lying- 
in  the  first  line  of  battle,  with  knapsacks  again  discarded,  a  sure 
sign  of  the  desperate  nature  of  the  duty  expected  of  us.  Just 
in  front  of  us  was  a  narrow  belt  of  woods  running  parallel  to 
our  line.  This  screened  us  from  the  view  of  the  enemy. 
Going  through  these  woods  to  our  picket-line,  at  the  fur 
ther  side  we  could  look  across  the  level  open  fields  and 
plainly  see  the  strongly  fortified  position  of  the  enemy.  How 
defiantly  their  flags  waved  ;  how  heart-sickening  the  well  wrought 
abatis  in  front  of  their  works,  for  we  were  only  waiting  for  the 
signal  from  the  right,  to  charge  across  the  open  field  amid  the 
shot  and  shell  and  canister  from  the  artillery  and  deadly  volleys 
from  the  infantry,  hoping  against  hope  that  a  few  of  our  first 
line  might  join  with  the  others  in  clambering  through  the  abatis 
and  gain  the  works.  This  time  there  was  no  secret  made  of 
what  was  to  be  our  special  duty.  No  forlorn  hope  ever  faced  a 
more  desperate  prospect  and  the  old  Fourteenth  was  to  be  in 
the  first  line.  We  were  to  be  the  living  moving  breastwork  that 
might  in  some  slight  measure  afford  a  little  protection  to  the 
second,  third  or  fourth  line  of  infantry  that  were  to  follow,  some 
of  whom  it  might  be  hoped  would  scale  the  works  and  gain  the 
victory.  How  slowly  passed  the  time  and  yet  we  felt  sure  to 
many  of  us  these  were  the  final  moments  of  our  lives.  Some- 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  205 

how  we  never  for  a  moment  surmised  that  the  old  righting  Sec 
ond  Corps  would  either  refuse  or  be  refused  an  opportunity  to 
fight,  no  matter  what  the  chances  against  them. 

General  Warren,  with  his  staff,  was  riding  up  and  down  our 
line,  going  from  point  to  point  in  order  to  obtain  a  better  view 
of  the  enemy's  lines  and  works.  The  men  were  at  rest  near 
their  stacked  arms,  ready  to  fall  into  place  at  the  first  signal  and 
as  General  Warren,  who  was  to  give  the  order  that  meant  life 
or  death,  rode  by,  how  we  scanned  his  face  for  some  inkling  of 
purpose  or  some  sign  of  encouragement.  We  saw  the  care, 
anxiety  and  burden  of  responsibility  resting  upon  him,  apparent 
in  his  countenance,  serious  almost  to  sadness,  yet  to  us  it  was  in 
scrutable  as  the  ancient  rock  faced  Sphinx.  His  record  as  an 
able,  careful  commander  was  not  unknown  to  us,  and  trust  him 
we  felt  we  could  and  must.  The  men  stood  mostly  by  or  near 
their  guns,  but  a  little  liberty  was  given  them,  and  once,  and 
again,  singly  or  with  a  comrade  or  two,  we  stole  out  into  the 
woods  a  few  rods  in  front  of  us  to  calculate  the  chances  of  the 
assault.  There  seemed  to  be  a  fascination  in  looking  over  the 
open  field.  The  rebel  flag  as  it  waved  from  its  staff  some  times 
seemed  flaunting  only  defiance  to  us,  and  some  times  in  the 
changing  lights  and  shadows  of  that  winter  morning,  the  staff 
obscured,  the  flag  alone  visible,  waving  and  furling  and  doubling 
against  the  background  of  some  darkening  cloud,  seemed  like 
the  friendly  invitation  of  some  spirit  hand  whose  dainty  beckon 
ing  lifted  our  thoughts  to  the  great  beyond.  Then  back  again 
to  our  guns,  waiting,  yet  dreading  to  hear  the  signal  given.  A 
deep  reechoing  sound  comes  rolling  down  from  the  distant  right. 
Then  another  and  another.  The  men  sprang  to  their  places, 
some  perhaps  with  faces  a  little  paler  than  usual,  but  never  a 
man  wavered  or  faltered.  Determined  to  do  their  duty  unto 
death,  they  stood  and  waited.  But  the  order  to  advance  came 
not.  The  gunners  stood  by  their  pieces  to  send  back  to  the 
right  the  answering  response  if  the  attack  was  to  be  made,  as 
it  was  to  be  made  simultaneously  on  the  right  and  by  Warren 
on  the  left,  if  made  at  all.  But  the  signal  guns  on  the  left 
responded  not.  The  minutes  became  hours  and  gradually  it 
dawned  upon  us  that  the  battle  planned  for  us  was  not  to  be 


206  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

fought.  General  Warren  had  weighed  the  chances,  had  counted 
the  cost,  had  become  convinced  in  spite  of  bravery  and  courage 
that  never  had  and  never  should  be  questioned  that  to  make  the 
attack  on  that  stronghold  with  his  one  corps  miles  away  from 
any  support  would  be  more  the  folly  of  a  rash  hairbrained  mad 
man  than  a  wise  and  considerate  officer.  It  was  no  lack  of 
confidence  in  his  men.  It  is  reported  he  said  he  did  not  doubt 
but  what  his  corps  could  take  the  works,  but  he  feared  it  would 
be  at  the  expense  of  the  almost  total  loss  of  the  same.  He 
could  not  assume  the  responsibility  of  the  sacrifice  and  for  once 
the  lives  and  the  limbs  and  smarting  wounds  of  the  thousands  in 
the  ranks  outweighed  the  temptation  this  slight  chance  offered 
to  add  new  luster  to  a  general's  stars.  That  day  and  the  next 
passed,  then  came  the  retreat,  one  of  the  best  managed  and  en 
tirely  successful  in  the  carrying  out  of  all  its  details  of  any  in 
the  history  of  the  war.  After  the  long  tedious  march,  second 
to  none  perhaps  we  ever  made,  unless  that  day  we  made  over 
thirty  miles  on  our  way  to  Gettysburg,  thoroughly  exhausted, 
we  reached  our  old  camp  near  Stevensburg,  and  found  our  com 
pany  losses  consisted  of  one  or  two  of  our  new  men,  whether 
captured  as  prisoners  or  voluntary  deserters,  we  were  not  quite 
sure." 

The  following  is  the  report  of  Colonel  Ellis  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.  There  is  no  record  of  any 
reports  from  Colonel  Ellis  to  Colonel  Smyth  of  the  brigade  or 
Hays  and  Warren  of  the  division  corps  recorded  in  the  collection 
of  reports  published  by  the  United  States. 

"Headquarters  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
Camp  near  Stony  Mountain,  Va. 

BRIGADIER-GENERAL  HORACE  J.  MORSE, 

Adjutant-General,  State  of  Connecticut, 
General : — 

On  the  26th  day  of  November,  (Thanksgiving  Day),  we  re 
ceived  marching  orders,  and  about  daylight  started  toward  the 
the  Rapidan,  which  was  distant  some  six  or  eight  miles.  We 
crossed  this  river  at  Germania  Ford,  and  went  into  camp  in  'the 


Bristow  Station  and  Mine  Run.  207 

wilderness/  some  five  miles  on  the  other  side.  On  the  next  day 
we  encountered  the  enemy's  skirmishers  at  a  point  known  as 
Robinson's  Tavern,  or  Old  Yerdiersville.  On  the  morning"  of 
the  28th  our  division  advanced  in  line  of  battle  upon  the  enemy's 
position,  driving  back  his  skirmishers  for  about  a  mile,  and  un 
masking  his  real  position,  which  was  a  very  strong  one,  on  the 
other  side  of  Mine  Run.  We  lay  in  line  of  battle  all  dav,  occa 
sionally  shelled  by  the  batteries  of  the  rebels.  Early  the  next 
morning  we  were  relieved  by  the  Fifth  Corps  ;  and  to  our  corps, 
with  one  division  of  the  Sixth,  was  assigned  the  duty  of  flanking 
the  rebel  position.  As  it  seemed  too  strong  for  attack  in  front, 
we  made  a  long  detour  under  cover  of  the  woods,  and  toward 
sunset  the  advance  of  our  corps  encountered  the  extreme  left  of 
the  rebel  army,  and  drove  it  back  for  about  a  mile.  Our  regiment 
was  exposed  to  a  shell  fire,  but  was  not  otherwise  engaged. 
Here  \ve  thre\v  out  a  heavy  picket,  and  halted  for  the  night.  Be 
fore  daylight  the  next  morning,  our  whole  corps  was  in  line  of 
battle  before  the  rebel  works,  which  they  had  so  strengthened  dur 
ing  the  night  as  to  present  a  most  formidable  appearance.  Hidden 
from  the  view  of  the  enemy  by  a  thick  belt  of  trees,  the  knapsacks 
of  the  men  were  taken  off  and  piled  up,  and  every  prenaration 
was  made  for  a  desperate  charge.  Rut  our  generals  deciding 
that  the  sacrifice  of  life  would  be  too  great,  the  attack  was  not 
made.  At  dusk  we  quietly  withdrew  from  our  hazardous  posi 
tion,  leaving  our  fires  burning,  to  a  neighboring  range  of  hills 
where  we  passed  the  night.  We  remained  here  the  next  day  also, 
but  on  the  night  of  the  2<rl  of  December,  took  up  our  line  of 
march  for  the  Rapidan  River  which  we  reached  the  next  morning 
about  ten  o'clock,  crossing  at  Culpepper  Mine  Ford.  After  a 
couple  of  hours  rest,  we  resumed  our  march,  reaching  our  old 
camp  upon  Mountain  Run  a  little  after  dark,  having  accom 
plished  about  forty  or  forty-five  miles  in  the  twenty-four  hours. 
The  loss  of  the  regiment  in  this  affair  was  two  men  wounded 
and  about  a  dozen  missing,  most  of  whom  were  probablv  taken 
prisoners. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

THKODORE  G.   ELLIS, 
Colonel  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers." 


CHAPTER  XII. 
Stony  Mountain  and  Battle  of  Morton's  Ford. 

We  left  the  regiment  after  its  trying  march  from  the  Mine 
Run  fiasco,  reaching  its  old  camp  ground  at  Stevensburg  on  the 
evening  of  December  2d.  about  eight  o'clock.  The  men  were 
thoroughly  exhausted  and  worn,  not  only  by  their  long  and 
tedious  marching,  but  by  the  weary  and  anxious  hours  before 
the  Confederate  entrenchments  at  Mine  Run.  The  next  morn 
ing  they  moved  about  a  mile  to  a  new  camp  and,  acting  upon 
rumors  through  the  regiment  that  they  would  remain  in  camp 
for  the  rest  of  the  season,  built  huts  and  made  other  arrange 
ments  for  comfort  and  rest. 

About  this  time  there  was  trouble  among  the  new  recruits 
owing  to  the  fact  that  liquor  had  been  smuggled  into  camp.  On 
the  evening  of  December  4th,  after  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore 
and  the  Adjutant  of  the  regiment  had  retired  for  the  night,  word 
came  down  from  headquarters  that  there  was  much  noise  in  the 
Fourteenth  camp  which  disturbed  the  other  regiments.  Upon 
examination  it  wras  found  that  the  fires  were  lighted  in  all  the 
company  streets,  although  taps  had  sounded  some  time  before, 
and  there  were  lights  in  many  of  the  quarters.  Lieutenant 
Brigham,  officer  of  the  day,  was  ordered  by  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Moore  to  take  all  the  men  he  needed  and  quell  the  almost  riotous 
scene.  He  soon  reported  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  that  he 
was  unable  to  stop  the  noise.  Meanwhile  another  order  came 
down  from  brigade  headquarters  that  if  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore 
was  unable  to  stop  the  noise,  Colonel  Smyth  himself  would  attempt 
the  task.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  and  Adjutant  Hincks  then 
started  out.  The  men  generally  fled  to  their  huts  on  the  ap 
proach  of  these  officers.  Passing  down  a  street,  one  of  these 
recruits  pushed  his  head  out  of  the  door  of  the  cabin,  offering 
some  insulting  epithet  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  as  he 

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Stony  Mountain  and   Battle  of  Morton's  Ford.  2  1  1 

passed  and  then  quickly  dodged  into  his  quarters  again.  But 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  reached  the  inside  of  the  cabin  almost 
simultaneously  with  the  audacious  conscript  and  gave  him  a  few 
sharp  blows  with  his  sword,  from  the  pain  of  which  the  man 
howled  hideously,  the  blows  being  accompanied  with  some  of 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore's  strongest  language.  Passing  down 
another  street,  a  heavy  stone  was  hurled  from  one  of  the  cabins 
which  came  near  the  head  of  Adjutant  Hincks.  The  Adjutant, 
rushing  into  the  hut.  found  several  men  lying  upon  the  floor, 


Stony  Mountain  from  Stevensburg. 

feigning  to  be  asleep,  and  administered  a  few  lusty  blows  with 
his  saber.  This  determined  attempt  to  restore  order  had  its 
results  and  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Adjutant  retired  for  the 
night. 

The  next  morning  the  regiment  was  again  under  marching 
orders  and  at  seven  o'clock  moved  about  three  miles  and  pitched 
their  tents  upon  a  bleak  ridge,  perhaps  a  mile  from  the  village 
of  Stevensburg.  where  they  remained  until  December  loth. 
Many  of  the  new  recruits  refused  to  move  and  were  squatting 
about  the  fires  in  the  company  streets,  drinking  their  coffee, 
while  the  regiment  marched  out  of  camp.  Seeing  this  Lieuten 
ant-Colonel  Moore  returned  on  his  nimble  steed  and  dashed 
through  the  streets  making  it  lively  work  for  the  recalcitrant 


212  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

men  to  protect  themselves.  As  they  jumped  up  the  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  hit  them  many  a  blow  with  his  broad  saber  and  flogged 
them  baek  to  the  ranks.  It  was  an  effective  scene  of  energetic 
determination  and  afforded  great  amusement  to  the  orderly  men 
of  the  regiment. 

December  loth,  the  regiment  was  moved  about  two  miles 
farther  and  the  men  were  again  engaged  building  log  huts  in 
the  fond  anticipation  that  they  were  to  have  a  long  rest.  This 
was  slow  work  as  many  details  from  the  regiment  were  sent  out 
to  build  corduroy  roads  to  l>randv  Station,  by  which  route  the 
supplies  were  received.  An  interesting  fact  was  that  at  this  time 
there  were  ten  captains  on  duty  with  the  regiment,  an  unpre 
cedented  fact  since  the  regiment  reached  Keedysville  before 
Antietam.  Many  of  the  men  were  granted  short  furloughs  and 
there  were  numerous  remembrances  received  from  friends  at 
home  of  barrels  and  boxes  containing  delicacies  and  articles  01 
food  of  real  value.  However,  it  was  not  to  be  the  fortune  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment  to  remain  long  in  one  position  and  as  if 
fearing  that  the  regiment  would  be  forgotten,  it  was  again  or- 
dred  to  change  its  cam])  December  2/th,  and  marched  at  nine 
o'clock  in  a  severe  rain.  That  the  men  were  highly  incensed 
may  be  well  imagined.  The  heavy  rain,  the  dee])  mud  in  which 
many  of  the  men  lost  their  shoes,  the  disappointment  and  what 
they  considered  lack  of  faith  in  the  words  of  the  commanding 
officers  all  combined  to  make  ill  feeling.  After  going  about  three 
miles,  the  regiment  turned  off  to  the  side  of  a  rugged  hill,  called 
Stony  Mountain,  close  to  the  banks  of  the  Rapidan  River  and 
within  sight  of  the  enemy's  picket.  It  was  a  wild  spot,  over 
grown  with  pines  and  underbrush  which  had  never  been  cut. 
Sergeant  \Yade  perhaps  represents  the  feeling  of  the  men  at  this 
point.  He  says: — "Here  was  just  the  spot  for  the  Fourteenth. 
There  was  no  doubt  in  our  minds  but  what  we  should  stay  here,— 
at  least  till  they  had  got  force  enough  to  drive  the  enemy  another 
mile,  and  then,  of  course,  we  should  move  again.  \Ye  again 
received  our  accustomed  orders,  'put  up  good  huts  for  you  will 
stay  here  all  winter'  and  so  we  went  to  work.  Rut  it  had 
rained  hard  all  dav  and  we  were  wet  to  the  skin.  \Ye  had  no 


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time  to  put  up  any  tents,  and  so  we  lay  on  the  wet  ground  all 
night.  It  was  a  mystery  to  us  all  that  we  didn't  catch  our  death 
cold.  The  next  morning  we  went  to  work,  but  it  continued  to 
rain,  and  we  got  along  slowly.  The  mud  was  over  a  foot  deep, 
and  the  water  run  a  stream  through  all  our  streets.  But  the 
next  morning  it  cleared  off  pleasant,  and  \ve  managed  by  night 
to  get  our  lints  nearly  done.  Uv  the  end  of  the  week  we  had 
them  all  finished,  good  streets  laid  out,  and  in  fact  were  ail  ready 
to  move  again." 


Brigade  Camp,  at  Stony  Mountain,  from  a  drawing  by  Geo.  W.  Hill,  of  Co.  G. 


Touching  the  proximity  of  the  cam])  to  the  enemy,  a  letter 
from  Captain  \Y.  H.  Hawley  gives  a  vivid  idea  as  follows: — 
"The  rebels  in  front  are  rather  saucy.  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Moore  went  out  with  a  few  men  to  get  some  boards  from  a 
deserted  house  for  his  stable.  A  rebel  sentry  across  the  river 
sent  a  bullet  whizzing  by  his  ear.  but  he  paid  no  attention  to  it 
and  did  not  leave  until  he  had  secured  his  boards.  They  shout 
across  the  river  to  our  sentries  that  as  soon  as  we  are  comfortably 
settled,  they  are  coming'  across  the  river  to  occupy  our  houses 
themselves.  General  Hancock  does  not  like  the  idea  of  our 
being  out  here  and  would  not  have  ordered  us  out  had  he  been 


2  1  4  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

in  command  at  the  time.  He  is  afraid  the  rebels  will  come  over 
in  force  some  fine  morning  and  gobble  up  the  Second  Brigade. 
We  are  four  miles  in  advance  of  the  main  bodv." 

There  was  a  singularly  unmilitary  course  pursued  here.  The 
regiment  at  this  time  was  some  four  miles  in  advance  of  the 
main  army  and  a  cavalry  picket-line  was  established  between  the 
regiment  and  the  army  and  so  rigid  was  this  picket-line  that 
there  could  be  no  communication  by  the  Fourteenth  men  with  the 
main  army  without  a  written  permission  from  General  French. 
Even  the  surgeons  were  not  allowed  to  pass  back  and  forth  in 
their  work  among  the  men. 

There  was  sadness  in  the  cam])  over  the  untimely  death  of 
Lieutenant  Fdward  \Y.  Hart,  of  Company  F,  of  diphtheria. 
Lieutenant  Hart  had  charge  of  the  laying  of  the  corduroy  road 
already  noticed  as  being  laid  to  Brandy  Station.  In  regard  to 
this  faithful  officer,  a  letter  to  the  Xew  Haven  Journal  and 
Courier  says: — "He  will  be  sadly  missed  by  his  old  ((i)  and  new 
company  (F)  and  by  the  officers  of  his  regiment.  But  his  rela 
tives  may  rest  assured  that  while  his  memory  will  remain  green 
in  our  hearts  forever,  we  know  that  his  soul  is  with  the  Clod  to 
whom  he  clung  amid  all  temptations.  And  so  we  drop  a  tear 
on  the  grave  of  'the  youngest,  the  noblest,  the  bravest  of  us  all," 

There  were  many  happy  days  at  the  cam])  at  Stony  Mountain, 
one  of  the  pleasing  incidents  being  the  visit  of  many  of  the 
officers'  wives  and  friends.  The  first  to  arrive  was  Mrs.  Fisk. 
wife  of  Captain  Samuel  Fisk,  of  Company  G,  who  was  accom 
panied  by  her  boy.  She  was  heartily  welcomed  and  was  the 
object  of  much  attention,  the  band  serenaded  her  with  some  of 
it*-:  sweetest  music  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  tendered  her 
a  dinner  at  which  the  regimental  officers  were  present.  The 
menu  was  most  elaborate,  consisting  of  soup,  roast  beef,  turkey, 
chicken,  plum-pudding,  four  kinds  of  pie,  nuts,  apples,  cider  and 
champagne,  and  two  loaves  of  cake  handsomely  frosted,  which 
the  sutler  brought  from  Washington  as  a  present  to  the  popular 
Lieutenant-Colonel.  The  band  also  added  its  finest  strains  to 
further  complete  the  hospitalities  of  the  occasion. 

There  were  many  amusing  incidents  and  situations.     We  have 


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alreadv  spoken  of  Pierce  Barron,  the  witty  Irish  recruit  who  came 
to  the  regiment  at  Cedar  Run.  (  )ne  dav  here  at  Stony  Mountain 
(General  Smvth  and  his  staff  rode  by  the  camp  to  the  top  of 
the  hill.  (  )ld  Pierce,  who  was  standing  with  a  group  of  the  men 
of  the  regiment,  saluted  and  called  out  with  all  the  hearty  en 
thusiasm  of  a  true  son  of  Hrin.  "( iod  bless  ye's.  General  Smyth..' 
Smyth,  who  had  Irish  blood  in  his  veins,  and  who  felt  in  the 
humor  to  notice  the  old  man,  stopped  and  spoke  to  him.  'AYhat's 
vour  name,  my  man?"  "Barren,  sir.  Pierce  Barron,  sir." 
"P>arron — Barnm.  that's  a  good  name.  Seems  to  me  you  look 
drv,  Barron."  said  the  (General.  "Ah,  (General,  dear,  I'm  that 


Stony  Mountain  in  recent  years. 

dry  I  could  hardly  spake  the  truth"  says  Barron.  And  it  is 
vouched  for  by  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  that  the  General's 

canteen  furnished  old  Pierce  with  a  drink  that  day.  Another 
time  as  Smyth  was  riding  by  the  cam]),  however,  old  Pierce  was 
seen  trotting  along  In-  his  side,  showering  blessings  and  blarney- 
ings  on  him,  but  the  General  took  no  notice  of  him,  and  the  old 
fellow  soon  dropped  away  to  one  side,  his  mouth  watering  for 
the  whiskey  he  did  not  get. 


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During-  these  few  weeks  at  Stony  Mountain  there  were  quite 
a  number  of  rebel  officers  and  men  \vho  came  into  cam])  and  sur 
rendered.  These  were  busy  days  as  officers  were  fitting  up 
their  quarters  for  the  reception  of  their  wives  and  friends. 
There  were  very  many  architectural  attempts  at  beauty  and, 
utility,  and  boards  and  all  building  material  brought  fabulous 
prices.  There  was  a  great  deal  of  rivalry  among  the  men,  the 
streets  were  better  policed  and  the  whole  cam])  presented  the  ap 
pearance  of  a  village  neatly  kept.  Hut  these  days  of  rest  and 
pleasant  security  from  active  service  were  soon  closed.  About 
four  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  Saturday,  February  6th.,  orders 
were  given  that  the  regiment  be  ready  to  move  at  seven,  the  men 
to  be  supplied  with  ammunition  and  three  days  rations.  A  little 
after  the  hour  the  regiment  filed  out  of  cam]),  leaving  their 
canvas  covered  huts  undisturbed  in  charge  of  the  guard  of  the 
cam]).  About  this  time  it  was  the  evident  design  of  the  com 
mander  in  chief  of  the  Inion  army  that  ( leneral  I  hitler  should 
attempt  the  capture  of  Richmond.  To  attract  the  attention  of 


Morton's  Ford  from  the  south. 


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Lee  and  hold  his  army  from  Richmond  a  show  of  active  opera 
tions  was  proposed  at  this  point  on  the  Rapidan.  It  has  never 
been  supposed  that  it  was  the  design  of  the  generals  to  precipitate 
an  engagement  with  any  great  number  of  men  at  this  point. 
General  Xewton,  commander  of  the  First  Corps,  was  ordered  to 
move  to  Racoon  Ford,  about  three  miles  above  Morton's  Ford. 
He  did  so,  but  did  not  cross  the  river,  remaining  at  this  point, 
comparatively  inactive,  until  the  evening  of  the  following  day. 
The  Second  Corps,  under  command  of  General  Warren,  was  or 
dered  to  move  to  [Morton's  Ford  which  it  did,  moving  through  a 
belt  of  woods  to  a  broad  plain  and  formed  line  of  battle  on  the 
north  bank  of  the  Rapidan  opposite  Morton's  Ford.  Here  they 
remained  for  about  five  hours.  The  object  of  this  delay  can 
hardly  be  explained  for  every  moment  seemed  to  give  the  Con 
federates  an  opportunity  to  mass  their  men.  Standing  on  this 
broad  plain  and  looking  across  about  a  mile  the  Confederate 
troops  could  be  seen  moving  toward  the  breastworks  from  all 
directions,  until  it  was  evident  that  the  enemy  had  many  more 
troops  than  the  Union.  The  course  of  the  Rapidan  at  this  point 
was  like  a  bended  bow  or  crescent.  The  Confederate  entrench 
ments  about  a  mile  distant  followed  the  course  of  this  bend,  its 
concave  side  toward  the  river  and  its  extreme  right  and  left 
coming  down  nearly  to  the  river.  The  Confederates  also  had  a 
line  of  rifle-pits  in  which  were  planted  about  eighty  men  bet\veen 
the  bank  of  the  river  and  the  entrenchments.  Shortly  after 
crossing  the  river  was  a  ridge  extending  along  in  front,  near 
which  stood  the  house  of  Major  Buckner.  Still  farther  on  stood 
the  house  of  Dr.  Morton,  from  whom  the  ford  took  its  name. 
The  latter  house  Avas  surrounded  by  a  number  of  smaller  out 
buildings  which  were  used  by  the  negroes  all  standing  within 
a  grove  of  trees  of  full  growth.  There  had  been  the  usual  neg 
lect  in  throwing  over  pontoon  bridges,  the  pontoon  train  being 
halted  in  the  mud  about  half  a  mile  in  the  rear.  The  river  at 
this  point  was  broad  with  a  swift  current  and  about  waist  deep, 
although  the  depth  varied,  some  parts  being  so  deep  that  the 
taller  men  were  obliged  to  hold  the  shorter  ones  up  by  the  arms, 
to  keep  them  from  drowning.  About  one  o'clock  the  order  was 


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given  to  move  forward.  The  First  and  Third  Hrigades  were  the 
first  to  ford  the  stream  and  the  Second  Hrigade  brought  up  the 
rear.  The  water  was  icy  cold,  mixed  with  snow  and  ice.  So 
deep  was  it  that  the  men  were  obliged  to  hold  their  cartridge^ 
boxes  above  their  heads  to  prevent  the  ammunition  from  being 
spoiled  by  the  water.  To  add  to  the  discomfort  of  the  men 
there  was  a  cold  drizzling  rain.  (  )n  reaching  the  opposite  shore, 
they  ascended  the  bank  and  advanced  at  the  double-quick  across 
an  open  space  which  was  raked  by  the  fire  of  a  rebel  batterv, 
fortunately  aimed  too  high,  and  thus  none  of  the  men  were  hit. 


Buckner  House  at  a  distance. 


The  men  were  here  massed  with  their  comrades  in  a  ravine  where 
they  were  protected  from  the  enemy's  shot  and  shell  and  re 
mained  all  day,  but  little  except  picket  firing  occurring  to  break 
the  monotony.  This,  however,  was  so  close  and  frequent  that 
the  men  could  not  stand  up  with  safety.  From  here  also  could 
be  seen  troops  arriving  from  all  directions  toward  the  Confeder 
ate  breastworks.  The  position  of  the  Union  men  was  a  hazard 
ous  one,  being  exposed  to  an  attack  from  the  right,  left  and  front 
or  from  all  three  quarters  combined  by  a  greatly  superior  force, 
and  such  an  attack  could  hardlv  have  failed  to  dislodge  the  Union 


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forces  from  the  shallow  ravine  and  drive  them  back  in  confusion 
upon  the  river.  ( leneral  Mays  rode  back  and  forth  upon  his 
galloping  steed,  his  reckless  manner  and  incoherent  language  in 
dicating  that  he  had  added  two  or  three  extra  finders  to  his 
morning  dram.  ( Jcticral  Warren  was  also  indisposed  the  early 
part  of  the  day,  his  indisposition  lifting  itself  and  enabling  him 
to  be  on  the  field  late  in  the  afternoon  for  a  few  minutes.  The 
brigade  commander  was  also  so  seriously  indisposed  as  to  be  un 
able  to  sit  upon  his  saddle  or  even  to  walk  about,  but  sat  listlessly 
in  a  large  arm-chair  brought  from  one  of  the  neighboring  houses. 


A  nearer  view  of  Major  Buckner's  House. 


Tt  was  nearly  dark  when  there  was  lively  firing  from  the 
enemy's  batteries,  responded  to  by  the  Union  guns  across  the 
river,  and  the  tiring  along  the  skirmish  line  assumed  the  propor 
tions  of  a  volley.  The  Thirty-ninth  Xew  York,  known  as  the 
"(iaribaldi  (luanls,"  was  brought  up  to  the  support  of  the  skirm 
ish  line.  These  were  probably  the  most  unfit  troops  in  the  whole 
corps  to  take  up  the  duty.  They  were  mostly  foreigners,  could 


220  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

not  understand  the  langugage  of  the  orders  and  as  they  came  over 
the  crest  of  the  hill  and  encountered  the  enemy's  fire,  they  he- 
came  confused  and  instead  of  keeping  their  line,  recoiled  in 
confusion  and  huddled  together  in  groups,  upon  which  the 
enemy's  shot  made  sad  havoc.  Finding  these  men  could  not  he 
depended  upon  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  was  ordered  up  and  the 
sharp,  clear  voice  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  was  heard  "Fall 
in  Fourteenth"  and  the  men  went  forward,  stepping  over  the 
prostrate  forms  of  the  Twelfth  Xew  Jersey,  who  lay  directly 
before  them.  The  Fourteenth  Regiment  moved  swiftly  up  to 
the  brow  of  the  hill  when  the  order  was  given  to  deploy  as 
skirmishers,  the  men  being  four  or  five  feet  apart.  The  bullets 
fell  thick  and  fast  and  the  noise  was  indescribable.  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Moore  with  the  right  wing  and  center  of  the  regiment 
marched  down  the  slope  on  to  the  broad  plain  toward  the  enemy. 
while  Adjutant  Hincks  took  the  left.  A  couple  of  dozen  of  the 
recruits  clustered  behind  one  of  the  buildings,  but  were  soon 
dislodged  and  forced  into  line  through  the  proddings  of  the 
sharp  points  of  Adjutant  Hincks  and  Sergeant-Ma j or  Murdock's 
sabers.  The  darkness  was  intense,  the  artillery  had  ceased  to 
play  and  the  sharp  flashes  of  the  musketry  were  the  only  indica 
tions  of  the  whereabouts  of  the  enemy.  Above  the  shouts  and 
clatter  of  the  musketry  could  be  heard  the  sharp  tenor  voice  of 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore,  directing  his  men  and  encouraging 
them  to  proceed.  The  advance  was  rapid  and  the  line  had  now 
reached  the  Morton  houses  in  a  cluster  of  trees,  the  men  shielding 
themselves  behind  the  garden  fence.  Just  before  reaching  this 
house  Major  Coit  was  wounded  and  left  the  field.  Captain 
liroatch,  senior  captain  of  the  regiment,  while  advancing  sword  in 
hand  was  struck  by  a  bullet  which  shattered  his  fingers  and  threw 
his  sword  twenty  feet  into  the  air.  Picking  it  up  and  grasping 
it  in  his  left  hand  he  swung  it  over  his  head,  at  the  same  time 
guiding  his  men  with  his  voice  until  his  wound  proved  so  painful 
that  he  was  obliged  to  retire  -from  the  field.  Oscar  Abbott,  of 
Company  A,  had  the  misfortune  to  get  his  gun  fouled  so  that 
it  could  no  longer  be  discharged,  but  by  the  adviee  of  his  com- 


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panion,  brave.  Corporal  Russell  Glenn,  continued  to  go  forward 
until  Glenn  himself  received  a  severe  wound  when  Abbott  helped 
him  to  the  rear. 

With  the  serious  losses  which  the  Fourteenth  had  met  in  its 
advance,  it  was  not  able  unsupported  to  dislodge  the  Confederates 
from  the  strong  position  which  they  had  formed  behind  the 
Morton  house  and  among  the  outbuildings.  The  contest  had 
become  fierce  and  in  many  cases  it  was  a  hand  to  hand  fight  with 
bayonets  in  the  darkness.  Some  of  the  Fourteenth  entered  the 
buildings  and  Captain  Frederick  P>.  Doten,  of  Company  F,  with 
half  a  dozen  men  entered  one  of  the  houses  and  fired  upon  the 


Headquarters  of  Pickets  near  Morton's  Ford. 

enemy  from  the  windows.  Presently  an  officer  dashed  up  to  the 
house,  dismounted,  entered  and  with  various  expletives,  better 
imagined  than  written,  wanted  to  know  what  thev  were  doing 
there.  It  proved  to  be  General  Hays  who,  unaccompanied  by  any 
of  his  staff,  had  come  out  to  the  skirmish  line.  Captain  Doten 
attempted  to  explain  the  situation,  stating  that  there  was  a  large 
rebel  force,  with  which  he  could  not  cope,  directly  in  front. 
General  Hays  would  accept  no  explanation,  but  ordered  him  to 
move  out  and  onward.  Captain  Doten  and  the  men  well  knew 
the  consequences  of  moving  out,  but  like  all  Fourteenth  men 
they  obeyed  orders  and,  opening  the  back  door,  stepped  out. 


222  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

The  General  followed  and  mounted  his  horse.  As  he  passed  the 
corner  of  the  house  a  sharp  rifle  shot  was  heard  and  ( ieneral 
Hays  fell  heavily  to  the  ground.  As  Captain  Doten  and  his 
men  advanced  and  left  the  house  there  was  a  voice  from  the 
darkness,  ordering  them  to  surrender,  saying  that  he  had  heard 
the  conversation  and  did  not  wish  to  shoot  them  in  cold  blood, 
adding",  "As  for  your  general,  we  have  killed  him."  This  latter 
was  not  true  as  the  shot  had  entered  the  saddle  of  (ieneral  Hays' 
horse  and  he  quickly  mounted  his  steed  and  slid  away  in  the  dark 
ness.  Doten  could  do  nothing  else  than  surrender  and  he  and 


Morton  House  and  surroundings. 


his  six  men  were  marched  out  and  later  took  their  long  journey 
to  Libby  prison.  It  proved  that  the  captors  of  these  men  were 
four  companies  of  the  44th  Georgia  Regiment,  who  were  drawn 
up  in  line  of  battle  in  their  front.  The  Fourteenth  Regiment 
had  done  a  grand  work,  but  it  was  unable  to  meet  the  large  force 
of  the  enemy.  Seeing  this  General  Havs  ordered  up  the  io8th 
Xew  York  and  the  loth  New  York  l>attalion  in  line  of  battle. 
Halting  them  a  little  just  before  reaching  the  house,  in  front  of 
which  stood  the  Fourteenth,  he  ordered  the  loth  Xew  York  to 


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223 


lire.  An  officer  of  the  loth  replied  "( ieneral,  those  are  our  men 
in  front  of  us."  (ieneral  Hays  replied  "They  are  rebels,"  pre 
ceding  his  order  to  tire  by  an  oath.  Crash  went  that  dreadful 
volley  and  how  many  of  the  brave  Fourteenth  fell  by  that  stupid 
drunken  order  will  never  be  known.  There  was  a  loud  cry  of 
dismay,  and  the  two  advancing  regiments  approached  the  house. 
The  line  was  further  strengthened,  the  attempt  to  flank  was 
foiled,  the  Confederates  were  routed  and  the  battle  oi  Mor 
ton's  Ford  was  at  an  end. 


CAPT.   FREDERICK   B.  DO  TEN*. 


Captain  Frederick  !>.  Doten  was  born  in  Sheffield,  Mass.,  in 
1840  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  in  early 
childhood.  He  enlisted  as  corporal  of  Co.  A  when  twentv-two 
years  of  age  and  rose  by  stead}'  steps  to  the  captaincy  of  Co.  F 
in  October  1863.  At  the  time  of  his  enlistment  he  was  clerk  in 
\~e\v  York.  After  his  discharge  from  militarv  service  May  i. 


224  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

1865,  he  removed  to  Chicopce,  Mass.,  and  was  for  a  time  engaged 
in  mercantile  business.  Later  he  became  cashier  of  the  First 
Xational  Hank  of  Chicopee,  which  position  he  held  until  his  death. 
April  9,  1903.  Captain  Doten  was  a  favorite  of  all  who  came  in 
contact  with  him.  His  disposition  and  temperament  were  con 
genial  and  companionable.  While  his  comrades  loved  him  for 
these,  they  esteemed  him  for  his  integrity,  his  frankness  and  his 
judgment  coupled  as  these  were  with  gentleness,  capacity  and 
a  courageous  faithfulness  to  duty. 

Slowly  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth,  discouraged  and  disheart 
ened,  gathered  up  their  dead  and  wounded  as  far  as  possible  in 
the  moonless  night  and  returned  to  the  ravine,  later  crossing 
the  river  on  a  temporary  bridge,  reaching  their  old  camp  at 
Stony  Mountain  soon  after  midnight.  Worn  and  tired  and  dis 
couraged  by  the  fatigue  and  ill-fortunes  of  the  day  the  men  re 
tired  for  rest  and  sleep.  They  had  hardly  closed  their  eves  when 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  received  an  order  to  take  his  men  out 
and  picket  the  river  opposite  the  ford.  This  was  cruei  and 
wicked  as  there  were  many  troops  that  had  not  been  in  action  dur 
ing  the  day,  but  such  was  the  fortune  of  the  brave  old  Four 
teenth.  The  men  knew  nothing  but  to  obey  orders  and  they 
remained  on  duty  in  this  capacity  until  noon  of  the  8th. 

This  order  was  from  Colonel  Powers,  of  the  io8th  Xew  York, 
who  commanded  the  brigade,  as  ma}'  be  seen  from  his  report  to 
the  adjutant-general,  commanding  the  division. 

Regarding  the  fortunes  of  the  flag  in  this  battle,  we  may  say 
Sergeant  Amory  Allen  of  Hartford,  bearer  of  the  United  States 
flag,  and  Corporal  Robert  A.  Chadwick,  of  Fast  Lyme,  one  of 
the  Color-(  iuard,  were  killed  in  charging  upon  the  enemy.  Cor 
poral  John  Hirst,  of  Rockville.  took  the  flag  after  Sergeant  Allen 
fell,  and  carried  it  during  the  remainder  of  the  engagement. 

The  total  loss  of  the  Second  Army  Corps  was  two  hundred  and 
fifty-four,  showing  that  nearly  one-half  of  those  killed,  wounded 
and  missing  belonged  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. 

To  support  some  of  the  insinuations  thrown  out  in  this  chap 
ter,  we  may  read  a  frank  and  explicit  letter  from  Captain  William 
H.  Hawley,  of  Company  K.  He  writes: — -"Do  you  know  that 


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when  our  Second  Corps  was  ordered  on  that  reconnoissance 
February  6th  (General  Warren  (corps  commander)  was  so 
drunk  as  to  he  unahle  to  he  with  the  corps  until  nearlv  sundown? 
The  papers  say  he  was  unwell,  hut  the  truth  is  he  was  drunk. 
Genera]  Alexander  Hays,  our  division  commander,  had  just 
enough  whiskey  in  him  to  make  him  reckless  and  almost  like  a 
crazy  man.  Colonel  Towers,  commanding  the  hrigade,  was 
really  unfit  to  command  hv  reason  of  li<|iior.  I  suppose  1  am 
liahle  to  court  martial  for  thus  speaking  of  my  superior  officers, 
hut  it  is  the  truth." 

I  he  official  report  of  the  casualties  as  reported  hv  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Moore  was  killed,  n  enlisted  men;  wounded,  7  commis 
sioned  officers.  83  enlisted  men;  missing,  i  commissioned  officer, 
18  enlisted  men;  total.  115.  A  corrected  report  as  given  hy 
Chaplain  Stevens  is  killed  and  mortally  wounded,  14;  wounded, 
85  ;  captured  and  missing,  in;  total,  I  15. 

The  following  is  the  list  as  reported  hy  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Moore  : — 

Major,  James   I*.  Coit.  wounded,  in  leg.  slightly. 

Company  A.  Wounded,  Captain,  John  C.  Broatch,  hand. 
Sergeants,  F.  A.  Wilcox,  leg.  slightlv,  Russell  (ilenn.  thigh,  sev 
erely.  Corporal,  Cornelius  Reardon,  leg,  severely,  Privates,  Joel 
X.  Bradley,  ankle,  severely.  William  Denevan,  hand,  hadly, 
Charles  ( J.  Hyatt,  elhow.  hadly,  James  Henderson,  hip,  hadly, 
John  Lottv,  leg,  hadlv.  Richard  Wallace,  foot,  John  DeWolf,  hip, 
dangerously;  missing.  Privates,  Henry  Walter,  Christian  Brahll. 

Company  P>.  Wounded,  Corporals,  Ammon  Xorton,  ankle, 
silghtly,  Alhert  R.  Crittenden,  arm,  slightly,  James  Inglis,  leg, 
severly.  Privates,  John  Anderson,  ankle.  Pierce  Barron,  leg, 
slightly.  John  Doyle,  leg,  slightly,  Frederick  Harrison,  hreast, 
severely,  Thaddeus  Steinhall.  hand.  James  Wilson,  face,  slightly, 
Carpenter  Weeks,  ankle,  severely. 

Company  C.  Wounded,  ist  Sergeant,  William  W.  Xelson, 
ankle,  severely.  Sergeant  Sylvester  (i.  Lord,  hand,  slightly,  Cor 
poral  William  Bennett,  hand,  slightlv.  Private  John  Denby,  foot. 
slightly:  missing.  Sergeant.  Alexander  McXeil,  Privates,  Henry 
Woods,  William  Branev,  Nicholas  Dehn,  \\"illiam  Pendleton. 


226  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Company  D.  Killed,  Corporal,  Henry  W.  Orcutt ;  wounded, 
Captain,  Walter  M.  Lucas,  thigh,  slightly,  2(1  Lieutenant,  George 
A.  Stocking,  thigh,  slightly,  Sergeants,  K.  E.  Xewell,  thigh, 
severely,  Henry  Owens,  foot,  severely,  Corporals,  Charles  Carter, 
leg,  severely,  James  P.  Shepard,  arm,  slightly.  Privates,  John  A. 
Morse,  leg,  severely,  Martin  Lyons,  shoulder,  slightly,  Charles 
Williams,  leg,  Henry  Burncastle,  Edwin  Brockett,  groin,  severely, 
Peter  Benjamin,  severely  and  missing,  Frederick  Shafer,  badly 
bruised. 

Company  E.  Wounded,  Corporal,  George  Boomer,  ankle, 
severely,  Privates,  Henry  Seymour,  thigh,  severely,  Watson 
Jones,  abdomen,  badly,  Robert  Kerr,  side  and  arm,  William 
Smith,  hand,  slightly,  Wesley  Banks,  leg,  severely,  Edward 
Daley,  thigh,  severely  ;  missing.  Private,  Moses  Tyler. 

Company  F.  Wounded,  1st  Lieutenant,  Frederick  Shalk,  eye, 
contusion.  Sergeant,  [Michael  Meyers,  head,  severely  and  miss 
ing.  Corporals,  Charles  AT.  Schoville,  groin,  slightly,  Danford  J. 
Davis,  wounded  and  missing,  William  Latimer,  thigh,  slightly, 
Privates,  Joseph  A.  Berry,  thumb,  slightly,  Mace  Goning,  arm, 
severely,  Charles  Miller,  hand,  slightly,  Henry  Myer,  cheek, 
slightly,  Andrew  Smith,  seriously  ;  missing.  Captain,  E.  D.  Doten, 
Privates,  Helenus  Dott,  John  Hines. 

Company  G.  Wounded,  Privates,  Richard  Lee,  foot,  slightly, 
Joseph  Casserly,  leg,  slightly;  missing.  Privates,  Thomas  Kane, 
Michael  Kelly,  John  Gordon. 

Company  H.  Killed,  Corporal,  Robert  Chad  wick  ;  wounded, 
Captain,  Henry  L.  Snagg,  foot,  slightly,  Sergeant,  George  Mc- 
Cracken,  hand,  slightly,  Privates,  Albert  F.  Williams,  groin, 
severely,  Hiram  Curtis,  leg,  severely,  Theron  Sanford,  hand,  slight 
ly,  James  Shorkey,  arm,  slightly.  Peter  Boyle,  thigh,  severelv, 
John  Xelson,  arm,  severely,  Edward  Munson,  thigh,  slightly, 
Hans  Danielson,  head,  slightly,  Prentice  A.  Perkins,  badly,  Julius 
Hinckley,  thigh,  badly  ;  missing.  Corporal,  Silas  S.  Fox. 

Company  I.  Killed,  ist  Sergeant,  Francis  M.  Norton,  Color- 
Sergeant,  Armory  Allen,  Privates,  John  Daniels,  Thomas  Kelly; 
wounded,  2cl  Lieutenant,  George  H.  Brigham,  breast,  slightly, 
Sergeants,  A.  X.  Crosby,  leg,  slightly,  Joseph  Junot,  hip,  severely, 


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Corporals,  \Yilliam  Gorhani,  thigh,  severely,  Frederick  Beards- 
ley,  thigh,  slightly,  Privates,  William  Brown,  arm,  badly,  John 
Lynch,  side,  slightly,  Charles  Slessenger,  side,  badly,  Charles 
Gillon,  leg,  badly,  James  McFrvoy.  arm,  William  Thompson,  2d, 
leg,  slightly,  Timothy  Ryan,  leg,  severely,  Thomas  Walters, 
shoulder,  severely,  ( )scar  Williams,  leg,  severely  ;  missing.  Cor 
poral,  Philetus  Barnum,  Privates,  Patrick  Flynn,  William  Thomp 
son,  1st. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  Corporal,  Henry  Hull,  thigh,  slightly, 
Privates.  Xelson  Kingsbury,  ankle,  severely,  Oscar  Kibber,  fin 
ger,  John  Stark,  hand,  badly,  John  Wallack,  groin,  badly,  John 
Madden;  missing.  Private,  John  Staub. 

The  following  is  the  report  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  A.  Moore 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut:— 

"Headquarters    Fourteenth    Connecticut    Volunteers, 
February  8th,  1864. 

Brigadier-General  Horace  J.  Morse, 

Adjutant-General,  State  of  Connecticut. 

Sir: — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the 
part  taken  by  this  regiment  in  the  action  of  the  6th,  near  Mor 
ton's  Ford  on  the  Rapidan. 

At  about  one  o'clock  P.  M.  on  Saturday,  the  6th,  the  brigade, 
to  which  this  regiment  is  attached,  was  ordered  to  cross  the 
Rapidan  at  Morton's  Ford.  This  was  effected  in  good  order, 
by  fording  the  river,  which  at  this  point  is  nearly  waist  deep, 
and  with  but  little  opposition  from  the  enemy.  As  the  regiment, 
however,  moved  over  the  crest  of  the  first  hill,  they  opened  a 
shell  fire  upon  us.  but  without  causing  us  any  loss,  as  their  aim 
was  a  little  too  high.  About  half  a  mile  from  the  ford,  the  regi 
ment  took  up  its  position  with  the  rest  of  the  brigade,  under 
the  slope  of  a  hill  and  in  rear  of  a  small  white  house.  Here 
\ve  remained  in  line  of  battle,  being  occasionally  shelled  by  the 
enemy,  until  about  five  o'clock  P.  M.  At  this  time  the  rebels 
made  an  attack  upon  our  position,  and  this  regiment  was  ordered 
out  to  the  support  of  the  skirmish  line,  commanded  by  Colonel 
Beard.  The  regiment  advanced  upon  the  enemy,  deployed  as 


228  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

skirmishers,  and  drove  back  their  line  of  battle  for  upwards  of 
half  a  mile,  to  a  plaee  where  there  were  about  a  dozen  small 
houses  and  outbuildings  situated  in  a  grove  of  trees.  Here  the 
enemy  made  a  stand  and  the  regiment  fought  them  hand  to  hand, 
in  some  eases  using  the  bayonet,  until  the  (  )ne  Hundred  and 
Eighth  New  York  Volunteers  and  the  Ilattalion  of  Tenth  New 
York  coming  to  our  aid,  enabled  us  to  drive  them  from  the  build 
ings.  \Ye  held  this  point  for  upwards  of  an  hour,  until  ordered 
to  withdraw  to  our  former  position,  which  we  did,  leaving  a 
strong  picket  to  keep  the  enemy  from  advancing  while  we  were 
carrying  off  our  dead  and  wounded.  \Ye  brought  off  all  of  the 
dead  and  wounded  whom  we  could  find  ;  but,  owing  to  the  dark 
ness  of  the  night,  some  probably  escaped  our  search.  At  about 
IT  o'clock  P.  M.,  we  re-crossed  the  river,  taking  our  dead  and 
wounded  with  us.  Our  brigade  then  took  up  a  position  near  the 
ford,  to  check  any  movement  of  the  enemy  in  case  they  should 
attempt  to  cross  to  our  side.  Here  we  remained  until  the  night 
of  the  /th,  when  the  troops  of  the  Second  Corps  returned  to 
their  former  camping  grounds,  leaving  the  Fourteenth  to  guard 
the  crossing  at  Morton's  Ford  during  the  night.  At  about  ir 
A.  M.  to-day,  we  were  relieved  and  returned  to  camp. 

Captain  F.  D.  Doten,  of  Company  F,  while  trying  to  capture 
a  party  of  rebels  in  one  of  the  houses,  was  himself  taken  prison 
er.  The  officers  and  the  men  in  almost  every  case  behaved  them 
selves  in  such  a  manner  as  to  reflect  credit  upon  themselves  and 
upon  the  command. 

I   remain,  sir,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient   servant. 

vS.    A.    MOORK,    Lieutenant-Colonel, 
Commanding  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers." 

Colonel  Powers,  commanding  the  brigade,  has  this  to  say  of 
the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  in  connection  with  other  regiments : — 
"The  Fourteenth  Connecticut,  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xew 
York  and  Tenth  Battalion  deserve  great  credit  for  the  heavy 
fighting  they  did  ;  driving  a  superior  force  of  the  enemy  and  fre 
quently  using  the  bayonet.  Lieutenant-Colonel  F.  E.  Pierce, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  T.  LI.  Davis,  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  A.  Moore, 


Stony   Mountain   and   Battle  of   Morton's   Ford.  229 

Captain  Dewey  and  Captain  Tait,  commanding  respectively  the 
One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xe\v  York,  Twelfth  Xew  Jersey, 
Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers,  Tenth  Xew  York  Battalion 
and  First  Delaware  Battalion,  did  their  whole  duty." 

There  was  a  suspicious  solicitude  on  the  part  of  General  Hays 
for  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  who  were  in  the  hospital.  It 
might  have  been  the  twinges  of  conscience  for  the  cruel  order 
which  he  gave  at  the  Morton  house,  lie  and  his  wife  visited 
the  hospital  daily,  bringing  oranges  and  delicacies  for  the  wound 
ed  men. 

It  has  been  contended  that  it  was  not  in  the  plan  of  operations 
that  General  Hays  should  cross  the  river  at  this  point,  but  simply 
to  make  a  pretense  to  attract  the  Confederate  troops  from 
Richmond.  When  once  over  it  was  evident  from  time  to  time 
that  it  was  the  purpose  of  the  enemy  to  flank  the  I  nion  forces 
and  get  between  them  and  the  river,  and  military  men  have  testi 
fied  that  thev  were  prevented  from  doing  this  onlv  bv  the  charge 
of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. 

I  "pon  the-  return  of  Colonel  Ellis  and  learning  of  the  conduct 
of  General  Hays,  he  sought  diligently  for  an  investigation. 
Xone  of  his  requests  or  efforts  got  beyond  division  headquarters. 
He  then  appealed  to  the  Secretary  of  War  direct  and  to  Governor 
Buckingham  of  his  own  state.  While  there  was  naturally  re 
luctance  to  lay  bare  the  facts  of  this  drunken  spree,  it  would 
doubtless  have  been  accomplished  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  death 
of  ( ieneral  Havs  during  the  \\  ilderness  Campaign. 

Allusion  has  been  made  to  the  expected  visits  of  many  of  the 
officers'  wives  and  friends.  They  arrived  on  the  evening  of  the 
engagement  across  the  river  at  Morton's  lord.  They  were  es 
corted  to  the  to])  of  the  mountain  bv  Sergeant  Charles  ( i.  Blatch- 
lev  of  Company  1.  After  speaking  of  the  arrival  of  Mrs.  Fisk, 
Sergeant  Blatchley  savs  : — "The  others  arrived  late  on  the  even 
ing  of  the  6th  of  February,  during  the  progress  of  the  battle  of 
Morton's  Ford.  1  piloted  them  up  to  the  crest  of  the  ridge  and 
their  first  experience  of  cam])  life  was  the  view  of  that  evening 
battle  as  they  watched  with  feelings  that  can  better  be  imagined 
than  described,  the  flash  of  the  musketry  across  the  river  where 


230  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

their  husbands  were  facing"  death  in  the  deepening  darkness  of 
that  winter  twilight." 

The  regiment  remained  at  Stony  Mountain  until  the  evening 
of  May  3d,  the  men  enjoying  much  needed  rest,  the  time  being 
occupied  by  regimental,  brigade  and  division  drills.  One  of  the 
incidents  of  their  stay  was  the  building-  and  dedication  of  a  church 
which,  although  built  by  the  One  Hundred  and  Kighth  Xew 
York  and  designed  for  all  the  regiments,  the  warm  feeling  be 
tween  that  regiment  and  the  Fourteenth  seemed  as  if  it  was  a 
part  of  our  own  niens  enterprise.  Major  Hincks  reports  some 
considerable  religious  interest  during  these  weeks. 

On  Washington's  Birthday  a  grand  ball  was  given  at  corps 
headquarters  for  which  purpose  a  large  hall  was  erected  of  slabs, 
the  interior  presenting  a  gay  appearance  bv  the  display  of  flags 
from  all  the  regiments  of  the  corps.  There  was  some  solicitude 
that  the  Confederates,  who  were  well  aware  of  what  was  going 
on,  might  make  an  attack.  To  guard  against  this,  extra  pre 
cautions  were  taken,  the  picket  guard  greatly  strengthened,  and 
a  bogus  gun  was  mounted  on  the  top  of  the  mountain  in  full 
view  of  the  enemy  across  the  river. 

Several  rebel  deserters  came  into  camp  and  reported  much  dis 
satisfaction  in  the  Confederate  ranks.  About  this  time  one  hun 
dred  new  recruits  were  added  to  the  regiment  from  Connecticut, 
but  for  the  most  part  they  were  good  men,  although  it  was  said 
one  died  from  old  age  soon  after  joining  the  regiment  and  an 
other  was  totally  blind.  Another  was  so  old  and  gray  that  he 
was  dismissed  from  the  service,  but  soon  returned  with  his  hair 
and  whiskers  dyed,  thus  gathering  two  bounties. 

There  were  repeated  false  alarms  of  the  movement  of  the  enemy 
and  once  the  men  were  called  to  arms  and  slept  with  their  equip 
ments  011.  Several  times  the  men  were  order  to  pack  up  and  be 
ready  to  move. 

The  men  here  learned  of  the  appointment  of  General  Grant  as 
commander  of  the  army.  The  impulse  of  a  new  spirit  at  the  head 
of  the  army  was  soon  manifest.  All  of  the  ladies  were  ordered 
from  camp  and  there  was  a  reorganization  of  the  corps,  by  con 
solidating  them  into  a  more  compact  form.  The  five  corps  of 


Stony  Mountain  and   Battle  of  Morton's  Ford.  231 

the  Army  of  the  Potomac  were  reduced  to  three  and  the  Four 
teenth  Regiment  which  had  always  been  attached  to  the  Third 
Division,  Second  Brigade,  Second  Corps,  was  now  transferred 
to  the  Second  Division,  Third  Brigade,  of  the  Second  Corps, 
under  General  Hancock,  corps  commander,  General  Gibbon,  di 
vision  commander  and  Colonel  Carroll  in  command  of  the  brigade 
which  was  composed  of  the  following  regiments: — Fourth  and 
Eighth  (  )hio.  Fourteenth  Indiana,  Seventh  West  Virginia,  Four 
teenth  Connecticut,  Tenth  Xew  York  Battalion,  One  Hundred 
and  Fighth  Xew  York,  First  Delaware  and  Twelfth  Xew7  Jersey. 

The  Fourteenth  was  without  a  chaplain  at  this  time,  Chaplain 
Stevens  being  discharged  the  December  previous  and  no  new 
appointment  had  been  made. 

Colonel  Smyth  invited  the  ladies  visiting  in  the  camp  to  a  re 
ception  at  his  headquarters  where  a  supper  was  served,  with  music 
furnished  by  the  Fourteenth  band. 

A  severe  snow  storm  in  camp  toward  the  last  of  March  added 
variety  to  the  usual  monotony  of  cam])  life.  Captain  Hawley 
describes  this  in  a  letter  which  he  sent  home  by  Lieutenant  Julius 
W.  Knowlton,  who  was  about  to  return  home,  being  honorably 
discharged  on  a  surgeon's  certificate.  He  says: — "Xo  music  of 
sleigh  bells  greets  our  ears,  but  we  hear  cheers,  shouts  and  ring 
ing  laughter  all  day  long  at  the  mimic  battle  with  snow  balls. 
Some  times  whole  regiments  will  turn  out  under  command  of 
their  officers,  and  with  their  regimental  colors,  and  engage  in 
the  exciting  sport.  Soon  forts  are  erected  and  stormed,  one  party 
flanks  the  other,  prisoners  are  taken  and  rescued  as  if  the  contest 
were  in  down  right  earnest." 

There  was  a  brigade  review  on  the  i_j.tli  of  April,  the  Four 
teenth  showing  seventeen  commissioned  officers  and  three  hun 
dred  and  forty  enlisted  men.  There  were  besides  these  the  picket 
detail  and  the  sick.  The  following  day  there  was  a  review  of 
the  division  by  General  Hancock  near  Stevensburg,  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment  reaching  its  camp  about  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 
There  was  also  a  corps  review  a  few  days  later  in  which  General 
Grant  rode  down  the  line  and  was  greeted  with  a  warm  welcome, 
as  the  new  commander  of  the  army. 


232 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 


About  the  ist  of  May  orders  were  given  to  tear  down  the  huts 
and  pitch  tents.  This  tearing  down  of  the  huts  was  very  much 
facilitated  by  a  terrific  wind,  vying  almost  with  a  tornado,  as  it 
swept  over  the  cam]).  A  large  pine  tree  was  broken  off  and 
thrown  across  Colonel  Ellis'  tent,  completely  demolishing  it. 
1'ortunatelv  no  one  was  in  it  as  the  Colonel  was  out  riding. 


The  scene  of  much  coffee  cooking  at  Stony  Mountain. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 
The  Wilderness — A  Tangle  of  Battles  and  Skirmishes. 

The  regiment  broke  camp  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  May 
3d.,  1864,  the  pickets  were  quietly  called  in,  rations  and  ammuni 
tion  distributed,  fires  were  carefully  extinguished  and  the  ut 
most  silence  was  ordered  that  the  eneiTiy  might  not  know  of  the 
movements  of  the  army.  Reaching  Stevensburg  in  about  two 
hours  the  Second  Corps  joined  the  rest  of  the  command. 
Strange  as  it  may  seem,  the  line  moved  along  an  unfamiliar 
road,  passing  several  deserted  camps  and  trains  of  wagons 
ready  to  proceed  when  the  troops  had  passed.  The  other  corps 
were  moving  in  the  same  general  direction  along  parallel  paths 
and  marching  until  daylight  they  reached  Ely's  Ford  on  the 
Rapidan.  Here  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  was  massed  in  a  deep 
ravine  where  they  remained  for  several  hours,  but  were  forbid 
den  to  build  fires  for  fear  the  smoke  might  betray  the  presence 
of  the  army  to  the  enemy.  By  nine  or  ten  o'clock  in  the  morn 
ing,  they  crossed  the  Rapidan  on  a  pontoon,  climbing  an  almost 
precipitous  bank  on  the  southern  side  and  were  in  the  enemy's 
territory.  The  men  were  halted  and  ordered  to  load.  Imme 
diately  in  front  of  them  were  formidable  rifie-pits,  unmanned. 
Moving  forward  they  entered  a  dense  pine  woods.  It  was,  in 
deed,  a  sight  of  grandeur  and  power,  the  view  of  acres  of  sol 
diers  with  the  bristling  steel  of  their  arms  gave  the  idea  of 
great  strength  and  majesty,  and  one  might  conclude  that  they 
could  overcome  the  world.  As  they  proceeded  the  woods  grew 
less  dense,  the  sun  became  hotter  and  taxed  severely  the  en 
durance  of  the  men  who  had  so  recently  come  from  a  long  rest 
under  the  shadow  of  Stony  Mountain.  This  caused  most  of 
the  men  to  lighten  their  knapsacks  by  throwing  away  their 
blankets,  overcoats  and  other  articles  of  winter  clothing.  Some 
of  the  men  tore  their  blankets  into  shreds  that  they  might  not 
(233) 


234  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

give  comfort  to  the  Confederates,  but  as  it  was  they  must  have 
obtained  many  of  these  articles  when  they  came  that  way.  For 
many  miles  the  way  was  strewn  with  these  discarded  essentials 
which  must  sooner  or  later  be  requisite  for  the  comfort  and 
good  health  of  the  men.  Soon  the  forest  grew  denser  and  the 
men  moved  along,  penetrating  the  almost  impassable  thicket. 
During  the  forenoon  they  saw  ten  cross  lines  of  earthworks 
which  were  grim  reminders  of  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville  the 
year  previous.  The  remains  of  many  I  nion  soldiers,  identified 
by  their  uniforms,  were  seen  unburied.  Passing  the  ruins  of 
the  once  stately  Chancellor  House,  they  moved  a  short  distance, 
turned  into  the  woods  and  after  considerable  superfluous  march 
ing  the  men  were  allowed  to  lie  down  for  much  needed  rest. 
The  march  had  been  almost  continuous  since  leaving  the  old 
camp  at  Stony  Mountain,  a  distance  of  twenty-five  miles.  Arms 
were  stacked  and  a  detail  from  each  regiment  was  sent  out  for 
picket  duty.  The  command  of  this  picket  line  was  given  to 
Colonel  Fllis.  The  regiment  was  in  the  advance  during  the 
day  and  up  to  a  late  hour  at  night  could  hear  the  marching  of 
different  regiments  as  they  came  in  to  bivouac  around  them. 

Before  the  dawn  of  Thursday,  the  5th,  the  men  were  on  the 
move,  their  direction  being  a  little  west  of  south.  About  noon 
they  left  the  road  and  passed  through  a  dense  pine  thicket.  On 
the  further  edge  of  these  woods  a  barricade  of  fence  rails  was 
thrown  up.  This  proved  of  no  use  as  they  met  no  enemy.  In 
about  half  an  hour  the  men  retraced  their  steps,  without  counter 
marching,  going  back  over  the  same  ground  which  they  had 
passed  in  the  morning.  It  was  soon  evident  that  the  enemy  was 
in  force  near  and  that  an  engagement  had  already  begun.  The 
bullets  were  Hying  thick  and  fast  and  in  a  few  minutes  the  men 
were  faced  by  the  flank  and  charged  forward  into  the  woods. 
A  heavy  volley  of  musketry  caused  fifteen  or  sixteen  of  the  regi 
ment  to  fall.  The  Confederates  then  fell  back,  pursued  by  the 
Union  men,  for  a  distance  of  twenty  or  thirty  rods,  when  the 
men  of  the  regiment  halted  to  perfect  the  alignment,  and  were 
ordered  to  lie  down,  subject  to  the  fire  of  the  enemy's  skirmish 
ers  which  was  after  some  time  checked.  As  night  came  on  the 


The  Wilderness.  235 

men  bivouacked  in  line  of  battle,  their  arms  in  their  hands,  a 
heavy  pieket  detail  being  thrown  out  to  protect  the  front. 
Strict  orders  were  given  that  there  should  be  no  fires  and  an 
order  was  also  received  that  there  would  be  a  general  attack 
along  the  entire  line  of  the  army  at  precisely  four  o'clock  in  the 
morning. 

A  comrade  states  the  situation  at  this  point  as  follows: — 
"As  we  advanced,  the  earth  thrown  up  to  form  the  road  made  a 
natural  breastwork.  As  we  went  over  it,  we  reached  the  first 
voile v  and  fifteen  or  sixteen  were  killed.  \Ye  charged  down  the 
slope  and  up  the  slight  incline  on  the  other  side,  the  Confederates 
leaving  their  position  in  confusion.  We  followed  them  up  until 
it  got  to  be  quite  dark  and  I  should  say  we  went  in  the  neighbor 
hood  of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  mile.  Then  we  halted  and  lay 
on  our  arms  during  the  night,  the  Fourteenth  in  advance  of  the 
main  line  of  the  armv,  and  with  Carroll's  I  brigade  lay  out  there 
all  night,  about  one-half  mile  in  advance  of  the  main  body." 

Among  those  killed  in  this  first  day  of  the  battle  of  the  Wilder 
ness  was  General  Alexander  Hays,  who  had  had  command  of  the 
division  since  the  Fourteenth  became  a  part  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac. 

Dawn  had  scarcely  come  when  an  order  was  received  that  the 
time  had  come  for  the  attack.  The  men  were  awakened  noise 
lessly,  ordered  to  fall  in  and  moved  forward,  entering  farther 
the  almost  impenetrable  forest,  rendered  doubly  obscure  by  a 
fog.  The  eight  regiments  of  the  brigade  were  formed  in  two 
lines  of  battle,  the  first  commanded  by  Colonel  Coons  of  the 
Fourteenth  Indiana  and  the  second  by  Colonel  Ellis  of  the 
Fourteenth  Connecticut,  the  whole  under  command  of  Colonel 
Carroll.  The  Fourteenth  Regiment  occupied  the  left  of  the 
second  line  next  to  the  Tenth  Xew  York.  Captain  \Yilliam  H. 
llawley  of  Company  Iv,  but  no  wof  Carroll's  staff,  had  charge 
of  the  heavy  skirmish  line. 

Major  Hincks  says: — "Our  starting  point  was  near  the  point 
where  the  ( )range  Court  House  plank  road  crossed  the  highway 
on  which  we  had  been  marching,  leading,  I  presume,  to  Spott- 
svlvania  Court  House.  We  were  a  little  northwest  of  the  cross- 


236 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 


mg  when  \vc  started,  but  before  long-  crossed  the  plank  road  and 
continued  to  move  in  a  westerly  direction  parallel  to  it  and  upon 
its  south  side.  The  lively  rattle  of  musketry  from  our  skirmish 
ers  showed  that  they  had  now  encountered  the  enemy  and  the 
picket  were  driving  them  back.  Further  on  we  came  to  the 
place  where  their  reserve  had  bivouacked  as  evidenced  bv  camp- 
fires  and  embers  still  smouldering  and  meal  spilled  upon  tlv1 
ground  in  their  hasty  flight.  So  thick  were  the  trees  that  it  was 


Brock  Road,  Wilderness,  Va. 


difficult  for  the  men  to  advance  in  line  and  we  could  seldom  see 
further  than  a  few  rods  ahead.  liefore  long  the  scattering  fire 
in  front  of  us  had  grown  more  rapid  and  in  a  few  minutes  the 
skirmishers  fall  back  and  though  we  cannot  see  them,  we  Hinw 
that  we  have  encountered  the  main  bodv  of  the  enemy.  A 
tempest  of  bullets  cuts  the  air  and  the  men  fall  from  the  ranks 
like  autumn  leaves  in  a  November  gale.  Without  any  order 
that  I  heard,  our  line  paused  and  in  another  instant  countless 


The  Wilderness.  237 

tongues  of  flame  leaped  from  the  muzzles  of  our  rifles  and 
speech  is  drowned  by  the  deafening  and  unintenrn'tted  roar  of 
musketry." 

There  was  intense  fighting  for  about  half  an  hour  and  in  this 
brief  space  officers  and  men  of  the  regiment  were  falling. 
Among  those  seriously  wounded  during  these  moments  was 
Captain  Fiske  of  Company  G,  who  died  a  few  days  later.  The 
men  stood  like  heroes  to  the  work  until  a  regiment  at  the  right 
gave  way,  producing  something  of  a  panic  among  several  cf 
the  regiments  of  the  brigade,  about  half  jf  whom  fell  back  to 
the  cross  roads  and  were  seen  no  more  that  morning.  The  Four 
teenth  boys  fell  back  slowly  and  without  panic  facing  the 
enemy.  The  attempt  to  rally  them  on  the  colors  was  difficult 
at  first,  but  soon  succeeded,  the  rne-i  gathering  in  a  natural  de 
fense  formed  bv  the  trunks  of  several  fallen  trees  which  had 
been  strengthened  by  the  work  of  the  Confederates  ihe  night 
before,  about  five  or  six  rods  to  the  rear  of  whcrj  they  had  been 
fighting.  Thev  were  ordered  to  lie  down  and  again  opened  fire 
on  the  advancing  enemy.  Here  they  poured  such  a  heavy  fire 
into  the  enemy's  flank  that  the  advance  was  checked  in  that  di 
rection.  (  )n  the  left  Captain  Nickels  of  Company  I  and  Lieu 
tenant  Morgan  of  Company  C  Had  rallied  some  forty  or  fifty 
men  and  had  each  man  take  a  tree  and  light  Indian  fashion.  In 
front  of  them  was  a  clearing,  the  only  one  for  miles,  and  these 
brave  boys  saw  a  Confederate  line  of  battle,  with  flying  colors, 
emerge  from  the  woods  on  its  opposite  s-de,  bft  handful  as  they 
were,  peppered  it  so  smartly  and  with  such  accurate  aim  that 
the  foe,  unaware  of  their  slender  numbers,  fairh  beat  a  retreat. 

The  regiment  remained  here  about  an  hour  when  they  were 
ordered  by  General  Hancock  to  withdraw  to  a  point  on  .he 
I  .rock  road  where  the  natural  breastwork  had  been  strengthened. 
Here  the  shattered  ranks  were  reformed  and  ammunition  dealt 
out.  Colonel  Carroll  coming  up  spoke  in  w'trm  terms  of  com 
mendation  of  the  behavior  of  the  regiment.  The  men  \vere  then 
moved  a  short  distance  in  the  rear  of  the  line  of  battle  and  told 
they  would  have  twenty  minutes  for  rest  and  to  make  coffee. 
Hardly  five  minutes  had  passed  before  the  Confederates  advanced 


238  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

and  the  Fourteenth  was  at  once  called  into  action  and  the  fiercest 
fighting  of  the  day  occurred.  The  men  of  the  regiment  charged 
with  fixed  bayonets  and  met  the  enemy  and  repelled  'he  charge. 

Major  Hincks  gives  a  somewhat  different  version  of  the  situa 
tion  here.  He  says: — "Just  then  a  strong  hodv  of  Iroops  that 
had  not  been  in  action  came  up,  wearing  the  red  diamond  l>a<;gv 
of  the  newly  attached  Third  Division  of  the  Second  Coips,  under 
command  of  General  J.  Hobart  Ward.  He  ordered  Colonel 
Carroll  to  join  his  advance.  To  this  Carroll  objected,  saving  that 
lie  had  less  than  five  hundred  men,  who  had  just  been  under 
fire  and  an  attempt  might  be  made  to  cut  off  the  advance,  in 
which  case  his  men  would  be  routed  or  captured.  Then  again 
Ward  had  no  authority  to  give  the  command,  he  being  of  another 
division,  but,  however,  Ward  insisted,  upon  which  Carroll  ordered 
his  men  to  fall  in,  but  when  Ward  had  passed  on,  ordered  the  men 
to  lie  down  again.  The  heavy  firing  continued  and  presently  it 
was  discovered  that  the  red  diamond  division  had  broken  and 
were  in  retreat  toward  where  the  Fourteenth  stood,  closely  fol 
lowed  by  the  rebels.  It  was  as  Carroll  had  predicted.  Ward  had 
gone  too  far  out  and  a  heavy  Confederate  column  of  Long- 
street's  had  fallen  upon  his  flank  and  rear,  crushing  his  line. 
Strenuous  efforts  were  made  by  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  to 
stay  this  stampede,  but  were  unsuccessful.  They,  however,  were 
able  to  form  line  and  resist  the  oncoming  foe.  The  bullets  from 
the  enemy  fell  thick  and  fast,  but  with  effective  work  by  the 
Sharp's  rifles,  they  were  held  in  check  for  about  twenty  minutes, 
some  of  the  men  firing  eighty  rounds  of  ammunition.  The  regi 
ments  on  each  side,  however,  were  not  able  to  check  the  oncom 
ing  of  the  Confederates,  who  approached  like  a  crescent,  envelop 
ing1  the  right  and  left  of  the  Fourteenth.  At  this  point  the 
Lnited  States  color-bearer.  Corporal  Henry  K.  Lyon  of  Com 
pany  G,  was  mortally  wounded  and  as  he  fell  handed  the  colors 
to  Colonel  Moore,  remarking  that  he  had  done  his  best.  Lyon 
was  taken  prisoner  and  died  in  the  hands  of  his  enemy  from  his 
wounds.  Seeing  that  resistance  was  useless  with  the  enemy 
surrounding  them  in  front  and  right  and  left  flanks,  the  regiment 
fell  back  a  few  hundred  yards,  being  pursued  closely  by  the 


The  Wilderness.  24  F 

enemy,  who  shouted  loudly  for  them  to  surrender.  The  regiment 
retreated  still  farther  to  the  rear  to  a  line  of  breastworks  at  the 
cross  roads  which  had  been  thrown  up  during  their  absence, 
where  they  were  at  once  reformed  in  line  and  ready  for  further 
service," 

Corporal  John  If.  Hillson  of  Company  D  relates  an  incident  in 
this  collection.  He  says: — "I  was  ordered  to  carry  Private 
Charles  II.  House  of  Company  I)  to  the  rear,  as  he  was  wounded 
in  the  foot  when  Ward  broke.  I  was  carrying  him  on  my  back 
when  we  discovered  the  enemv  charging  through  the  trees. 
House,  seeing  them,  clambered  down  from  my  back  and  beat  a 
hasty  retreat,  running  much  faster  with  his  wounded  foot  than 
I  was  able  to  with  two  well  ones."  Corporal  Hillson  further 
says: — "Reaching  the  rear  General  Hancock  ordered  Colonel 
Carroll  to  retire  his  men  and  allow  them  to  cook  coffee  as  they 
had  done  their  share.  \Ye  were  just  cooking  coffee  when  the 
Confederates  came  and  Hancock  said  'For  God's  sake,  Carroll, 
form  vour  men  and  give  us  something  to  fall  back  on.'  The 
Fourteenth  left  their  coffee  and  formed  a  line  and  took  part  in 
Carroll's  charge." 

Sergeant  E.  1>.  Tyler  gives  an  interesting  description  of  this 
engagement  as  follows: — "We  lay  that  night  upon  our  ar.ns  and 
some  of  us,  the  writer  included,  who  had  resolved  to  go  through 
this  campaign  in  light  marching  order,  *ordy  felt  tnc  need  dur 
ing  the  chilly  night  of  the  blankets  and  overcoats  we  had  re 
solved  not  to  carry.  liut  with  the  early  morning  came  work  to 
warm  us  up,  for  after  the  hasty  breakfast  of  hardtack  (and  coffee 
if  we  succeeded  in  getting  it),  we  formed  our  line  of  battle  and 
began  slowly  to  crowd  back  the  enemy  in  our  front.  Sometimes 
our  advance  was  very  slow  and  every  inch  hotly  contested  and 
then  again  we  progressed  some  distance  in  a  shoit  time,  but  all 
the  while  and  continuously  fighting  an  almost  if  not  quite  unseen 
enemy  in  thick  woods.  There  is  a  feeVng  of  uneasiness  in  the 
stoutest  heart  in  facing  danger  that  one  cannot  see  and  know. 
The  mystery  is  doubly  intensified  by  the  sudden,  silent  dropping 
dead,  or  fatally  wounded,  of  men  on  either  hand  that  somehow 
does  not  seem  to  connect  itself  with  the  constant  roar  of  musketry 


242  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

that  is  going  on.  The  zip,  zip  of  the  bullets  as  they  pass  so 
closely  to  your  head  that  you  cannot  help  but  think  that  had  the 
rebel  aim  been  varied  never  so  little  your  career  had  been  ended. 
Occasionally  we  captured  a  few  prisoners,  some  of  whom  volun 
tarily  deserted  their  lines  and  risking'  the  gantlet  of  fire  by  both 
sides  would  come  running  into  our  lines,  throwing  up  their 
hands  and  calling  out  to  us  not  to  shoot.  They  were  evidently 
badly  frightened,  as  well  they  might  be,  but  we  shouted  en 
couragingly  to  them  'Come  on  in,  Johnny,  come  on  in  Johnny' 
and  carefully  held  our  fire  until  they  were  within  our  lines.  Our 
shouts  to  them  must  have  been  heard  in  the  rebel  lines  and  per 
haps  encouraged  others  to  take  the  risk. 

It  is  hard  to  tell  about  passing  time  in  such  a  fight.  A  few 
hours  some  times  seem  long  enough  for  a  day  and  men  often  long 
for  the  night,  not  only  to  rest  tired  bodies,  but  to  regain  rest  and 
quiet  to  mind  and  nerves  wrought  up  to  the  highest  degree  of 
intensity.  Rut  the  real  shock  of  the  dav  came  shortly  after  noon 
when  Longstreet,  that  master  of  impetuous  charges,  massed  a 
large  body  of  men  and  precipitated  them  upon  a  portion  of  our 
line  he  may  have  had  reason  to  think  a  little  weak.  This  attack 
struck  our  line  a  little  to  the  left  of  the  Fourteenth's  position. 
We  quickly  changed  front,  moved  to  the  left  and  then  forward 
in  a  countermarch  in  the  direction  of  the  advancing  foe.  Before 
opening  fire  we  had  to  let  the  broken  and  depleted  remnants  of 
a  regiment  that  had  been  stationed  on  this  part  of  the  line  fall 
back  into  or  through  our  ranks.  That  done  we  opened  fire. 
How  defiantly  and  continuously  that  rebel  yell  of  the  oncoming 
foe  held  its  own  even  above  the  volleys  of  musketry,  and  this 
was  wholly  a  battle  of  infantry  and  musketry.  Still  onward 
they  come.  Our  men  had  halted  and  keeping  their  line  in  as 
good  shape  as  possible  were  awaiting  the  shock.  But  we  were 
not  idle  ;  the  men,  many  of  them  lying  close  upon  the  ground, 
some  of  them  resting  on  one  knee,  were  firing  rapidly  and  low. 
Officers  and  file  closers  \vere  cheering  them  and  encouraging 
them,  sending  the  wounded  to  the  rear  and  strengthening  the 
ranks  by  using  their  rifles  as  freely  as  the  men.  And 
now  they  had  come  so  near  we  began  to  distinguish  the  brown  and 


The  Wilderness.  243 

butternut  colored  uniforms  among-  the  trees  and  our  rifles  had 
distinct  targets  and  the  increasing  closeness  of  their  shots  showed 
they  too  were  having  the  same  advantage.  Xo\v  we  could  see 
them  still  more  plainly.  They  were  not  coming  fast,  simply  mov 
ing  forward  slowly,  steadily  and,  Oh,  so  obstinately  and  surely! 
\Ye  could  not  check  them.  I  am  sure  our  Sharp's  rifles  never 
did  better  service  for  the  few  brief  minutes  than  now,  but  their 
yells  and  their  volleys  and  their  advance  seemingly  was  not  to  be 
stayed.  There  could  only  be  one  result,  unless  speedilv  rein 
forced,  we  should  be  overpowered  and  captured  within  five  min 
utes.  The  volleys  from  our  rifles  were  growing  weaker  and 
scattering.  ( )ur  color-bearer  had  planted  the  flag'  staff  firmly  on 
the  ground  and  kneeling  or  lying  beside  it  upheld  it  with  his  up- 
stretched  arms." 

Sergeant  Tyler  was  at  this  point  wounded  and  taken  to  the 
rear.  His  wounds  did  not  prove  fatal  and  he  was  discharged 
July  25th,  1865.  He  died  at  his  home  in  \Yestfield  August  i6th, 
1899.  He  was  a  native  of  Kingston,  X.  V.,  coming  to  Connec 
ticut  in  his  boyhood  where  he  remained  until  his  death.  As  a 
soldier  he  was  brave  and  patriotic  and  as  a  man  full  of  good 
deeds  and  uprightness. 

Sergeant  Charles  (i.  Blatchley  of  Company  I  graphically 
states  the  situation  of  the  regiment  just  before  Long-street's 
charge  as  follows: — "Our  regiment  was  parti}'  armed  with 
Sharp's  breech-loading  rifles,  and  this  fact  came  very  near  re 
sulting  in  our  capture.  The  deadly  fire  which  we  had  kept  up 
in  front  of  us  had  held  back  the  enemy  at  that  point  till  they  had 
driven  our  troops  back  on  both  sides  of  us,  leaving  our  little 
regiment  sticking  out  like  the  toe  of  a  horseshoe  in  the  line. 
The  dense  woods  prevented  us  from  discovering  this  until  the 
break  reached  our  own  flanks.  I  was  awakened  from  my  ab 
sorption  in  the  business  of  saving  my  country  by  looking  up,  as 
I  did  occasionally,  to  see  if  the  flag  was  still  there,  to  find  it 
gone.  In  another  second  I  realized  the  fact  that  I  was  almost 
alone,  and  that  the  flag  was  rapidly  making  its  way  to  the  rear. 
I  followed  it." 

During  the  evening  the  regiment  was  moved   farther  up  the 


244  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

road  and  occupied  part  of  the  night  in  building  new  breastworks 
along  the  west  side  of  the  road  where  they  rested  until  the 
morning  of  the  7th,  when  they  were  called  at  daybreak  and  made 
preparations  to  move.  The  regiment  was  marched  and  counter 
marched  in  several  directions  during  the  day,  but  was  not  en 
gaged. 

Corporal  Crittenden  has  this  to  say  regarding  the  movements 
of  the  Fourteenth  on  the  /th  of  May: — "\Ye  maneuvered  for 
position  and  to  find  the  enemy.  During  the  day  we  passed  a 
bastion  or  redoubt  where  a  battery  had  been  placed,  and  General 
Sedgwick  was  killed.  There  was  firing  and  the  army  was  fol 
lowing  the  enemy.  \Ye  were  not  directly  engaged  on  the  /th, 
but  moved  from  place  to  place  where  it  seemed  there  might  be 
fighting." 

During  that  night  new  breastworks  were  thrown  up  where 
the  regiment  rested  until  the  8th,  when  they  again  followed  the 
enemy,  the  regiment  making  several  movements  without  being 
engaged.  The  men  lay  in  the  woods  along  the  road  during  the 
night  and  early  morning  of  the  <;th.,  when  they  again  resumed 
their  march  and  in  the  afternoon  had  a  skirmish  with  the  enemy, 
the  object  being  to  gain  possession  of  a  wagon-train  which  was 
unsuccessful.  At  night  a  crossing  was  made  of  the  Po  River, 
where  the  men  rested.  The  river  was  crossed  three  times  dur 
ing  the  night,  it  being  difficult  to  ascertain  the  proximity  or 
direction  of  the  enemy. 

Under  the  date  of  May  loth,  1864,  John  Hirst  writes: — "\Ye 
were  in  line  pretty  early  this  morning  and  expected  some  hot 
work  before  breakfast  when  we  recrossed  the  Po.  After  march 
ing  around  considerable  our  division  was  ordered  to  go  to  the 
support  of  another  corps  which  was  having  a  hard  fight,  and 
being  driven  back.  At  this  time  the  woods  were  on  fire  in  dif 
ferent  places  and  the  enemy  were  throwing  shot  and  shell  at  a 
rapid  rate  right  into  our  teeth  as  we  advanced  to  the  front.  How 
we  got  through  it  all  1  don't  know,  but  we  were  kept  right  along 
until  we  came  near  to  their  breastworks  and  had  it  hot  and 
heavy  until  our  seventy  rounds  of  ammunition  were  exhausted, 
when  wre  were  relieved  and  ordered  to  fall  back  about  one 


The  Wilderness.  245 

hundred  and  fifty  yards  where  we  received  more  ammunition  and 
then  threw  up  a  line  of  breastworks  for  our  protection  during 
the  night.  This  breastwork  business  is  getting  to  be  a  great 
thing  in  the  army  and  is  the  first  thing  we  have  to  do  as  soon  as 
we  come  to  a  halt.  It  don't  matter  how  far  we  advance,  we 
find  the  rebels  have  thrown  up  breastworks  to  impede  our 
progress,  and  if  we  gain  an  inch  of  ground  from  them,  we  put 
up  one  at  once  for  its  protection.  ( irant  is  sticking  to  them  like 
a  leech  and  1  think  we  are  getting  the  best  of  it." 


ASST.  SURGEON  FREDK.  A.   DUDLEY. 

Corporal  John  H.  Billson  of  Company  D  says  the  corps  re 
ferred  to  by  Hirst  was  the  Fifth  Corps. 

On  the  morning  of  the  loth,  the  Fourteenth,  in  company  with 
the  brigade,  crossed  the  river  and  went  to  the  support  of  the 
Fifth  Corps  which  had  been  heavily  engaged  with  the  Con 
federates,  but  the  fight  was  over  before  the  Fourteenth  arrived. 


246  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Good  authority  relates  that: — "When  the  Fourteenth,  in  con 
nection  with  the  brigade,  were  called  to  the  support  of  the  Fifth 
Corps,  the  infantry  firing  had  mainly  ceased  when  we  reached  the 
position  given  us,  but  there  was  considerable  every  little  while 
and  shells  were  crashing  and  tearing  the  trees.  While  we  wer* 
there  one  of  the  Fifth  Corps  officers  happened  to  pass  along  just 
in  the  rear  of  our  regiment  and  a  piece  of  shell  wounded  him, 
going  through  the  calf  of  the  leg,  breaking  it  and  making  a  bad 
wound.  (  )ur  surgeons  saw  it  was  a  case  that  needed  immediate 
attention,  so  they  cut  some  trees,  made  stakes,  rigged  a  table  and 
etherized  the  officer,  who  was  bleeding  to  death.  In  the  midst 
of  the  shell  firing  the  leg  was  amputated  and  the  man  then  sent 
to  the  rear." 

It  was  here  that  an  order  was  read  from  General  Grant,  con 
gratulating  the  men  on  the  good- service  they  had  performed,  but 
stating  that  there  was  work  yet  to  be  done. 

The  regiment  then  moved  out  into  a  valley  and  along  its  west 
erly  side.  In  front  was  Laurel  Hill.  On  a  clearing  back  of  this 
hill  was  a  battery  throwing  shells  over  the  heads  of  the  men  and 
a  number  of  the  Fourteenth  were  wounded  bv  these  bursting 
shells.  The  advance  was  over  a  tangled  road  which  was  passed 
with  much  difficulty  and  it  was  necessary  to  halt  several  times  to 
reform  the  line.  The  woods  were  on  fire  and  the  heat  and 
smoke  were  almost  suffocating,  but  the  men  moved  on  till  within 
a  few  paces  of  the  enemy's  works  which  opened  upon  them  with 
galling  fire.  The  men,  however,  kept  up  a  brisk  fire  upon  the 
enemy,  maintaining  their  position  for  several  hours  when  being 
out  of  ammunition  the  regiment  was  relieved  and  lay  in  the  sec 
ond  line  still  in  front  of  the  breastworks  all  that  night  and  during 
the  nth. 

Corporal  Crittenden  relates  the  following  circumstances  in  re 
gard  to  the  explosion  of  these  shells: — "Colonel  Carroll,  I  think, 
came  down  to  our  regiment  and  asked  that  a  detail  of  men  be 
sent  up  the  hill  with  Sharp's  rifies  to  silence  the  battery.  A  num 
ber  of  the  Fourteenth  men  were  detailed  or  volunteered  for  the 
purpose.  We  went  into  the  woods  and  after  going  some  distance 
ran  right  into  the  Confederates,  who  had  formed  a  line  of  breast- 


The  Wilderness.  247 

works  on  the  other  side  of  a  stream.  These  works  were  well 
manned  and  five  men  from  Companv  I>  were  wounded,  four  of 
them  so  badly  that  they  never  returned  to  the  regiment.  \Yhile 
we  were  up  there  in  the  woods  the  charge  occurred.  They 
swung  around  our  left  and  came  up  the  other  side  of  the  hill. 
When  we  were  withdrawn  from  there  the  regiment  had  left  the 
valley.  We  struck  them  about  eleven  o'clock  that  night  in  rear 
of  the  Fifth  Corps  and  bivouacked  on  a  side  hill." 

Colonel  Fllis  reported  the  number  of  men  in  this  engagement 
as  eleven  officers  and  two  hundred  and  twenty  enlisted  men. 

We  come  now  to  that  phase  of  this  campaign  of  May,  1864, 
known  as  the  battle  of  Spottsylvania.  About  midnight  the  regi 
ment  broke  cam]),  marching  to  the  left  through  woods,  under 
brush,  valleys  and  over  hills  until  near  davbreak,  when  the\ 
reached  a  position  in  a  wooded  road  under  cover  of  a  slight  ridge. 
( )rders  were  given  to  make  the  equipment  secure  and  to  move 
forward  noiselessly,  no  order  was  to  be  given,  but  when  the 
general  advanced  to  the  front  and  raised  his  sword,  the  men  were 
to  charge  upon  the  enemy's  works.  This  voiceless  charge  was 
made  about  four  o'clock  and  the  men  moved  promptly  up  the 
ridge,  not  being  discovered  for  some  time.  The  left  of  the  line, 
however,  was  first  seen  from  the  slight  height  of  the  hill  and  im 
mediately  the  volleys  from  the  battery  of  eighteen  guns  of  the 
enemy  were  opened  upon  them.  The  firing,  however,  was  too 
high  to  do  much  damage  to  the  regiment.  (  )n,  on  they  went, 
the  Fourteenth  Regiment  passing  over  the  crest  of  the  ridge 
into  a  depression.  It  was  soon  seen  that  there  was  confusion 
in  the  Confederate  works,  the  infantry  falling  back  while  the 
artillery  were  not  able  to  train  their  guns  sufficiently  to  damage 
the  men  in  the  depression.  The  men  of  ti-c  Fourteenth  went 
over  the  first  line  of  breastworks  and  captured  more  prisoners 
than  they  had  had  in  their  own  ranks,  seeding  them  to  the  rear 
under  charge  of  Captain  Xickels.  Advancing  about  a  quarter  of 
a  mile  farther  on  a  line  of  skirmishers  was  met  a  .id  behind  them 
a  strong  line  of  battle,  compelling'  the  men  to  fall  back  to  the 
first  line  of  breastworks,  where  they  turned  the  enemy's  guns  on 
them  and  gave  them  several  of  their  own  shot  and  shell.  The 


248  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.   V.  Infantry. 

men  of  the  Fourteenth  worked  two  of  these  guns  under  the  di 
rection  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  and  Lieutenant  Morgan, 
and  later  drew  them  off  the  field,  lifting  them  over  the  breast 
works,  taking  them  to  the  crest  of  the  ridge  and  using  them  to 
fire  upon  the  enemy. 

This  line  of  breastworks  was  excavated  about  eighteen  inches 
dee])  and  had  earth  thrown  up  to  make  the  works.  The  men  of 
the  Fourteenth  were  ordered  to  dig  a  trench  on  the  outside  of 
these  breastworks  to  make  them  available  for  the  L'nion  side. 

The  Confederates  soon  after  attempted  to  recapture  the  works 
and  guns  under  General  John  15.  Cordon.  Charge  after  charge 
was  made  of  the  most  desperate  character,  but  without  success. 
These  charges  so  desperate  in  their  efforts,  but  unsuccessful  in 
their  result  continued  until  about  nine  o'clock  at  night.  (  )n  the 
last  charge  the  Confederates  came  into  the  works  and  a  hand  to 
hand  fight  took  place,  most  of  the  men  hurt  being  pierced 
through  the  head  or  in  the  side  with  rebel  bayonets.  One  Four 
teenth  man  had  thrust  his  bayonet  through  the  breast  of  a  Con 
federate,  the  Confederate  also  having  thrust  his  bayonet  through 
the  neck  of  the  Fourteenth  man,  the  two  men  stood  dead  against 
the  breastworks,  the  guns  of  each  serving  to  brace  them  and 
hold  them  in  this  standing  position. 

During  the  course  of  these  charges  the  Fourteenth  was  moved 
to  the  left  to  give  place  for  the  Third  Division,  and  lay  in  the 
Confederate  entrenchments  all  night.  This  move  brought  the 
regiment  near  a  corral  in  which  were  about  forty  or  fifty  horses. 
It  was  soon  discovered  that  the  Confederates  were  attempting  to 
seize  these  horses  on  the  opposite  side.  It  was  a  desperate 
moment  and  to  save  them  from  being  taken  by  the  Confederates 
the  horses  were  all  shot.  Soon  after  nine  o'clock,  it  began  to 
rain  and  the  night  was  one  of  terror  and  distress. 

During  this  engagement  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  was 
wounded  in  the  knee  and  taken  to  the  hospital. 

Here  it  was  that  General  Stuart  of  the  Confederates  was  taken 
prisoner  and  Corporal  A.  R.  Crittenden  and  a  detail  took  Stuart 
to  General  Hancock.  While  on  the  march  one  of  the  detailed 
men  quietly  clipped  off  a  button  from  General  Stuart's  coat. 
This  button  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Corporal  Crittenden. 


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We  will  allow  J.  E.  Stannard  of  Company  G  to  give  his  ver 
sion  of  this  battle.  He  says: — "May  nth  was  rainy  and  we 
spent  the  day  in  building'  rifle-pits  and  skirmishing.  The  roads 
were  muddy  and  the  brush  thick,  making  it  hard  to  get  along. 
At  midnight  we  started  toward  the  left  through  the  heavy  rain. 
\Ye  did  this  as  quietly  as  possible,  for  we  were  near  the  enemy's 
line,  and  it  was  not  desirable  that  they  should  know7  all  that  we 
did.  We  came  to  a  halt  about  four  o'clock  in  the  morning  and 
though  wet  through,  lay  down  on  the  ground  to  sleep,  who  ever 
heard  of  a  soaking  keeping  a  soldier  from  wanting  to  sleep. 
At  this  time  we  were  near  the  Landron  House.  Just  before 
daylight  we  started  to  move,  going  in  a  line  of  battle  toward  the 
enemy's  works.  We  could  not  see  them,  however,  as  we  were 
passing  over  land  covered  with  scrub  pines  and  other  small 
growth.  We  must  have  covered  half  the  distance  before  we 
were  discovered.  A  shot  was  heard,  the  boys  gave  a  yell,  and 
started  at  a  double-quick  on,  to,  and  over  the  breastworks.  All 
this  was  done  so  quickly  that  the  'Rebs'  had  had  no  warning  of 
our  coming  and  could  do  nothing  but  run  which  they  did  in  fine 
style.  This  was  at  the  spot  known  as  'Bloody  Angle.'  Here 
the  bayonet  was  used  and  I  well  remember  seeing  a  man  with  a 
bayonet  through  him  pinning  him  to  the  ground.  We  drove 
them  for  about  half  a  mile  when  we  came  to  another  line  of 
works  which  stopped  us.  Then  we  went  back  to  the  first  line  of 
works  and  waited  for  developments  which  were  not  long  in  com 
ing.  We  captured  at  this  charge  twelve  brass  pieces  and 
the  boys  had  a  chance  to  try  their  hands  as  artillery  men.  I  do 
not  know  what  the  result  was.  Here  the  rebel  generals,  John 
son  and  Gordan  were  captured.  The  line  of  works  \vas  heavy 
and  we  turned  them  for  our  own  use  taking  up  our  position  on 
the  side  meant  for  the  outside.  We  had  not  waited  long  be 
fore  the  rebels  returned  our  call.  They  came  up  on  the  other 
side  of  the  works  and  we  had  it  hand  to  hand  all  day.  The 
colors  of  both  sides  were  on  the  works  at  the  same  time  within 
a  few  feet  of  each  other,  and  bayonets  were  used  freely.  As 
it  was  raining  hard  all  of  this  day  that  no  doubt  helped  us  to 
stand  the  strain.  At  this  time  Colonel  Ellis  had  command  of 


252  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

the  regiment  and  walked  back  and  forth  back  of  the  line,  exposed 
to  a  heavy  fire.  The  bullet  for  him  ha*1  never  been  cast.  At 
about  ten  o'clock  the  rebels  abandoned  the  line,  and  thus  ended 
the  battle  of  Spottsylvania." 

As  soon  as  it  was  light  on  the  morning  of  the  13111  a  picket 
line  was  advanced  to  find  the  enemy  and  as  the  detail  went  out 
they  passed  over  the  breastworks  and  ditch.  This  ditch  was 
literally  filled  with  dead  Confederates,  many  being  killed  in  bat 
tle  while  others  were  crushed  by  comrades  falling  upon  them. 
The  heavv  rain  through  the  night  had  filled  the  ditch  which 
mingled  with  the  blood  from  the-  wounded  men  gave  the  ditch 
the  appearance  of  being  filled  with  blood.  There  was  no  enemy 
in  sight  and  but  little  firing  on  the  picket  line,  the  troops  remain 
ing  here  most  of  the  day  without  active  work.  There  was  a 
slight  engagement  to  the  left.  The  regiment  passed  this  point 
and  lay  down  for  the  night  on  a  side  hill. 

On  the  morning  of  the  i_|.th  some  Confederates  were  seen  and 
the  Fourteenth  Regiment  advanced  to  the  left,  but  it  was  soon 
discovered  that  they  were  prisoners  in  the  hands  of  the  cavalry. 
During  the  day  there  was  a  rumor  of  the  enemy  being  in  front 
and  the  regiment  was  formed  in  line  of  battle,  but  it  proved  to 
be  a  small  body  and  nothing  took  place  but  a  little  skirmishing. 

Sergeant  F.  H.  \Yade  says: — "On  May  I5th  we  left  our 
camp  at  four  o'clock,  went  some  three  miles  and  came  to  the 
Fredericksburg  and  Richmond  turnpike.  Here  we  found  thous 
ands  upon  thousands  of  troops  scattered  all  around.  It  was  ex 
pected  the  enemy  would  attack  us  here.  At  four  o'clock  our  divi 
sion  went  out  on  picket  three  miles,  and  stopped  for  the  night  on 
top  of  a  high  hill.  Here  we  stopped  until  six  o'clock  the  next 
afternoon,  when  we  came  back  about  a  mile  and  then  returned  to 
the  same  point.  ITere  we  put  up  our  tents  and  laid  down  to  rest, 
but  at  twelve  o'clock  got  up,  and  started  on  again,  but  didn't 
go  far,  where  we  remained  most  of  the  i/th." 

During  the  night  of  the  i/th  the  regiment  was  called  out  to 
form  a  skirmish  line  with  two  or  three  other  regiments  and  ad 
vanced  upon  the  enemy's  position.  The  next  day,  the  i8th.,  was 
passed  on  the  skirmish  line,  being  at  times  under  a  shell  fire,  but 


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meeting  with  no  casualties.  In  the  afternoon  the  regiment  was 
ordered  out  to  meet  a  small  band  of  the  enemy  which  they  drove 
back  after  sharp  firing. 

The  purpose  of  these  movements  was  to  ascertain  the  where 
abouts  and  strength  of  the  enemy.  As  the  Confederates  \vere  do 
ing  the  same  for  the  same  purpose  there  was  constant  clashing 
and  firing  on  both  sides.  The  casualties,  however,  on  the  part 
of  the  Fourteenth  were  very  slight.  Toward  night  the  Four- 
tenth  skirmishers  were  again  sent  out  and  encountered  a  body 
of  Confederates  who  proved  to  be  more  numerous  than  was  an 
ticipated  and  the  regiment  was  called  in.  When  the  regiment 
was  ordered  in  the  enemy  fired  one  volley  and  disappeared.  On 
the  iQth.  the  regiment  remained  in  camp  until  evening  when  an 
attempt  was  again  made  by  the  Confederates  to  capture  a  wagon- 
train,  but  were  unsuccessful. 

On  the  20th  the  regiment  was  called  upon  to  witness  the  execu 
tion  of  a  soldier  of  the  Nineteenth  Massachusetts  who  had  de 
serted  his  regiment  three  times  during  the  recent  battles.  Of 
the  further  movements  of  this  day  Sergeant  Wade  says : — "At 
eight  o'clock  we  had  orders  to  be  ready  to  move  at  eleven,  and 
at  that  time  started  and  marched  all  night,  going  to  the  right 
of  Guiney  Station  early  in  the  morning.  At  eight  o'clock  we 
halted  just  long  enough  to  cook  our  coffee  and  then  went  on. 
The  sun  was  hot  and  the  road  dusty,  but  we  stood  it  very  well. 
Toward  noon  we  passed  through  the  village  of  Bowling  Green. 
It  formerly  had  a  population  of  some  two  thousand  inhabitants, 
but  scarcely  any  men  could  be  seen  but  negroes,  all  of  them  being 
in  the  rebel  army.  The  women  did  not  like  our  coming  that 
way  at  all,  but  that  was  the  least  of  our  troubles.  We  were  told 
that  the  enemy  had  occupied  the  town  up  to  the  morning  of  our 
arrival  there  and  had  started  nine  thousand  soldiers  from  there 
to  reinforce  Lee,  but  on  learning  that  we  were  coming  sent  them 
back  toward  Richmond.  We  rested  here  a  fewr  moments  and 
then  started  again,  arriving  at  AHlford  Station  in  the  course  of 
two  hours.  We  went  a  little  way  out  of  the  town  and  went  into 
camp  in  a  piece  of  woods,  where  we  wrent  to  work  putting  up 
breastworks  which  we  worked  on  until  twelve  o'clock  when  we 
rested  for  the  night.7' 


256  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry, 

On  the  morning  of  May  22<\  the  regiment  was  ordered  ottt, 
the  cavalry  being  in  the  advance.  The  regiment  had  proceeded 
but  a  short  distance  when  they  were  opened  bv  a  battery  of  the 
enemy  hidden  from  view.  Line  of  battle  was  formed  and  the 
men  advanced  and  there  was  a  slight  skirmish.  This  was  the 
skirmish  at  Milford  Station.  The  Confederates  shelled  the  regi 
ment  considerably.  The  cavalry  brought  up  quite  a  lot  of  Union 
troops  they  had  recaptured  from  the  enemy. 

Monday,  May  j^d,  the  regiment  started  at  seven  o'clock  and 
marched  until  one  when  they  were  stopped  by  a  Confederate 
force  of  some  size.  They  were  near  the  North  Anna  River  and 
found  the  Confederates  very  plentiful  pnd  st rough-  entrenched 
in  their  earthworks.  Toward  night  the  regiment  moved  to  the 
left  and  supported  a  battery.  The  regiment  was  protected  by 
being  under  the  brow  of  a  hill. 

The  regiment  started  about  four  o'clock  the  next  morning  and 
moved  over  the  hill  reaching  some  "breastworks  where  they 
tarried  about  an  hour  when  they  moved  to  the  North  Anna  River, 
a  branch  of  the  Pamtinkey  River.  They  found  the  bridge  across 
the  river  had  been  fired  by  the  enemy.  Near  the  end  of  the 
bridge  was  a  Confederate  battery.  The  regiment  was  in  the 
second  line  of  battle  and  were  shelled  severely  by  this  battery. 
The  Fourteenth  was  advanced  as  a  skirmish  line  and  drove  the 
enemy  from  the  bridge,  capturing  some  prisoners.  The  battery, 
however,  was  removed  before  the  men  could  climb  the  steep 
bank  of  the  river.  The  enemy  was  quickly  pursued.  The  skirm 
ish  line  was  reformed  but  the  Confederates  disappeared  into  a 
piece  of  woods,  safely  ensconced  behind  a  fence  and  opened  fire 
upon  the  Fourteenth,  peppering  them  severely.  The  regiment, 
however,  held  its  own.  Presently  it  was  seen  the  Confederates 
were  advancing  in  force  while  in  the  rear  the  rest  of  the  brigade, 
which  had  now  crossed  the  river,  were  advancing  to  the  support 
of  the  skirmish  line.  For  a  few  moments  it  seemed  questionable 
whether  the  brigade  would  rcacii  the  regiment  in  season  to  sup 
port  it  or  the  enemy  in  front  would  capture  them.  The  former, 
however,  reached  the  support  of  the  regiment  and  there  was 
severe  fighting  for  an  hour  and  a  half. 


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Sergeant  H.  II.  Wade,  speaking  of  this  engagement,  says  :— 
"At  four  o'clock  in  the  morning  we  moved  over  the  hill  to  some 
hreastworks.  but  after  stopping  here  an  hour  crossed  the  river, 
where  we  formed  a  line  of  battle,  near  a  piece  of  woods.  Soon 
after  this  our  brigade  was  ordered  out  on  the  skirmish  line.  We 
had  to  go  through  a  heavy  piece  of  woods  and  it  was  awful. 
We  finally  managed  to  get  to  the  railroad.  Here  about  fifty 
of  the  enemy  had  piled  up  rails  across  the  track,  and  were  firing 
at  us,  but  we  kept  pretty  low.  Soon,  however,  thev  got  a  big 
gun  in  position  and  threw  grape  and  canister  at  us  unmercifully, 
but  doing  little  damage  after  all.  At  five  o'clock  we  had  a 
dreadful  thunder  storm,  and  were  completely  drenched  to  the 
skin.  At  dusk  we  were  relieved  by  the  Twentieth  Xew  York, 
and  went  back  to  where  the  rest  of  the  army  lay.  Cooked  some 
coffee  and  had  just  lain  down  for  the  night  when  our  regiment 
had  to  get  up  and  carry  shovels  and  picks,  spades  and  axes  to 
the  front,  as  skirmishers  were  putting  up  breastworks  for  pro 
tection.  P>y  the  time  we  got  through  this  job  it  was  three 
o'clock.  We  had  an  hour's  rest,  when  we  were  called  up  and 
went  to  the  front,  where  we  built  more  breastworks  and  guarded 
them.  During  the  day  one  of  the  rebels  came  in  between  our 
lines  and  the  enemy's  and  gave  some  of  our  wounded  men  who 
lay  there  some  water.  Thev  would  not  let  us  take  them  off  the 
field.  We  had  no  rations  at  tlv's  time  for  three  days  and  were 
quite  hungry.  A  couple  of  pigs  lost  their  way  into  our  camp  and 
in  ten  minutes  the  boys  had  them  dressed  and  in  their  fry 
ing  pans." 

Private  Joseph  Schlichter  of  Company  P>  relates  an  interesting 
incident  in  connection  with  this  engagement  at  Xorth  Anna  River 
as  follows: — "May  22(1,  1864.  we  reached  Xorth  Anna  and  the 
regiment  immediately  set  to  work  building  fortifications  which 
were  completed  early  in  the  evening.  1  Icing  verv  tired,  we 
didn't  stop  to  pitch  our  tents,  so  we  lay  in  the  open  field  to  sleep. 
My  tent  mate  said  to  me.  'Joe,  1  wouldn't  lay  on  vour  back  and 
have  the  moon  shine  in  your  face  for  it  mav  injure  vour  eyes.' 
I  only  laughed  at  him  and  fell  fast  asleep. 

On  the  23(1,  we  bivouacked  on  the  banks  of  the   Xorth  Anna 


258  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

River  and  that  evening  I  discovered  I  was  moon  blind.     I  began 
to  think  Comrade  Chaplie's  words  had  meaning  in  them,  but  I 
didn't  give  it  away   just  then.     ( )n  the  morning  of  the  .24th,  we 
erossed  the  river  and  immediately  deployed  as  skirmishers.     \Yc 
advanced  toward  the  rebel  lines  and  kept  the  earthworks  under 
a  heavy  fire  until   dark.     The   nbels   formed   a   flank   movement 
which  compelled  us  to  retreat.     We  retreated  for  about  a  quarter 
of   a   mile    in   good   order    when   we   again    formed    in    a    line   or 
battle.     Presently   Adjutant   Hincks,   who   was   commanding   our 
regiment  at  that  time,  asked  'Is  Joseph  Schlichter  here?'      I  an 
swered  'Yes  sir.'     '\Yill  you  go  out  and   see  if  we  have  an  out 
post  or  not.   or  whether  there  are  any   men   between   the   enemy 
and  us'  he  said.      I   didn't  like  to  tell  him   1   was  unable  to  go  on 
account  of  moon  blindness,  fearing  I  might  be  thought  a  coward, 
so  I  started.      After  picking  mv  wav  the  best  1  could  toward  the 
enemy's  lines  for  some  time  I   received  the  challenge,  'Halt,  who 
comes  there?'      'Friend  without  i\  countersign'   I   replied,      '\\hat 
regiment  do  vou  belong  to?'  he  .\sked.      Thinking  these  were  re 
bels  1   answered,  'The  Sixteenth   \orth  Carolina."      I    was  imme 
diately  ordered  to  lay  down  my  arms  and  surrender  which   [  did. 
'What    regiment     do    T  surrender  to?'    I    asked.     'The     Fifteenth 
Massachusetts'  was  the  reply.     All  right  I  am  glad  to  hear  it  for 
I   belong  to  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut'   I  said.     The  lieutenant 
of  the  Fifteenth   Massachusetts  advanced  and  took  a  good  look 
at  me.     AYhat  makes  you  lie  and  tell  us  you  belong  to  the  Xorth 
Carolina  regiment?'  he  said.     I  told  him  the  circumstances  'and' 
said  I  'if  your  answer  had  been  different  I  should  have  made  an 
about    face   and    double-quick  march     toward     the     Cnion    lines. 
When  I  was  ordered  to  surrender  I  knew  I  was  still  in  the  Inion 
lines.     'How  came  you  to  give  me  the  Sixteenth  Xorth  Carolina?' 
he  then  asked.     'Because  I  knew  that  regiment  was  in  front'  I  re 
plied.     'How  did  you  know?'   'Because'   I  answered   'there  were 
some   prisoners   captured  this   afternoon  belonging  to   that   regi 
ment.'     'Who  commands  your  regiment?'  was  his  next  question. 
'Adjutant  Hincks'.     'Did  he  know  you  couldn't  see?'  he  asked. 
'Xo    sir'    I    answered,    'I    did   not   tell    him/     He    said    'You    did 
noblv,   I   want  to  see  vour  commanding  officer.'     'Yes',   he  said. 


I    8 


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'The  Fifteenth  Massachusetts  is  on  the  skirmish  line.'  I  re 
turned  with  the  lieutenant  to  my  regiment  when  they  saw  I  was 
moon  blind.  This  lasted  six  weeks  and  in  that  time  was  not  ex 
cused  from  duty.  I  was  led  by  two  comrades  from  the  time  we 
left  North  Ann  until  we  reached  Petersburg." 

Concerning  Joseph  Schlitcher  Sergeant  Tyler  observes: — "Of 
the  ten  old  memebers  left  June  1st.,  1864,  it  is  believed  that  only 
one  went  through  the  whole  three  years  without  ever  leaving 
the  regiment  on  account  of  sickness,  wounds  or  especial  detail  to 
other  duty  and  that  one  was  Private  Joseph  Schlitcher.  Xever 
missing  a  battle  or  skirmish  or  any  action  in  which  the  Four 
teenth  was  ever  engaged,  always  remaining  as  he  enlisted,  a 
private,  yet  he  enjoys  the  distinction  that  some  of  his  comrades 
have  accorded  him  of  having  probably  poured  more  lead  into  the 
rebel  ranks  than  any  other  man  in  the  Fourteenth,  at  least  if 
ever  a  question  of  this  nature  should  arise,  our  'Joe'  would  be 
the  champion  that  Company  1>  would  put  forth." 

Continuing  our  narrative  of  the  movements  of  the  regiment, 
on  the  morning  of  the  25th  a  Mag  of  truce  was  sent  out  to  ask 
the  privilege  of  taking  off  the  wounded  men  of  the  regiment 
who  lay  before  the  enmy.  This  was  refused.  It  continued  to 
rain  heavily  and  the  regiment  remained  at  this  point  during  the 
day  and  night,  and  until  five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  Friday, 
the  26th,  when  the  left  wing  of  the  regiment  made  a  charge  on 
the  enemy's  works  to  dislodge  some  Confederates  who  had  es 
tablish  a  post  of  observation  directly  in  front.  There  was  severe 
fighting  for  a  short  time,  the  regiment  losing  several  men  and  one 
officer,  Lieutenant  Henry  W.  \Yadhams.  At  eleven  o'clock  that 
night  the  regiment  was  withdrawn  from  the  rifle-pits  and  crossed 
the  river  at  the  same  place  from  whence  they  started  three  days 
before. 

Sergeant  Benjamin  Hirst  is  of  interest  at  this  point.  He 
says: — "On  the  morning  of  the  26th  could  see  the  rebels  very 
plainly  and  skirmished  with  them  all  day  until  nearly  dark  when 
the  Fourteenth  and  two  other  regiments  were  ordered  to  charge 
the  enemy's  advanced  works  on  the  left.  The  works  were  car 
ried  after  a  desperate  struggle  which  lasted  until  after  dark. 


262  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

The  works  were  held  until  the  dead  and  wounded  were  removed, 
after  which  the  regiments  were  recalled  and  ordered  to  fall 
back  over  the  river.  In  this  battle,  which  the  Fourteenth  call 
only  a  skirmish,  the  regiment  numbered  just  eight  officers  and 
one  hundred  and  sixty-five  men." 

He  further  says: — "The  Fourteenth  Regiment  marched  all 
night  of  the  26th  until  two  o'clock  of  the  morning  of  the  27th, 
when  they  rested  until  daylight  and  then  resumed  their  march, 
which  was  kept  up  until  three  in  the  afternoon  when  the  column 
halted  for  two  hours.  At  five  the  march  was  again  resumed 
and  kept  up  until  eleven  o'clock  when  the  wearied  men  went 
into  camp  and  rested  until  daylight  of  the  28th.  At  daylight  we 
again  moved  forward  and  crossed  the  Paimmkey  River  about 
seventeen  miles  from  Richmond  at  ten  in  the  morning.  There 
was  a  cavalry  skirmish  going  on  in  our  front  which  died  out 
as  we  advanced.  After  marching  about  a  mile  bevond  the  river 
we  came  to  a  halt  and  built  breastworks  behind  which  we  lay  all 
night.  ( )n  the  morning  of  the  _'<)th  we  advanced  two  miles  and 
then  built  more  breastworks  behind  which  we  lay  until  the  morn 
ing  of  the  3  ist  when  it  was  moved  further  to  the  front  and  set 
to  work  building  more  breastworks  behind  which  we  lay  until 
the  morning  of  the  joth  \vhen  we  again  advanced.  After  going 
about  two  miles  there  was  a  heavy  skirmish  in  our  front  and 
Burnside  was  having  a  big  fight  upon  our  left.  The  Fourteenth 
Regiment  went  into  position  behind  a  hill  and  remained  there 
until  the  morning  of  the  31  st.  when  it  was  moved  further  to  the 
front  and  set  to  work  building  more  breastworks  while  heavy 
firing  was  going  on  all  along  the  line." 

In  a  letter  from  John  Hirst,  written  behind  these  works,  he 
sayS : — "We  have  had  a  rough  time  of  it  since  we  left  Stony 
Mountain.  We  have  thrown  away  our  overcoats  and  blankets 
through  inability  to  carry  them.  The  days  are  warm,  but  last 
night  was  the  coldest  we  have  had  since  breaking  camp.  We 
have  been  marching  and  fighting  nearly  every  day  since  I  wrote 
you,  but  have  had  no  regular  battle  since  Spottsylvania.  The 
cavalry  had  a  sharp  fight  out  here  last  Sunday  and  there  was 
heavy  firing  on  Monday.  WTe  were  not  engaged,  but  may  have 


The  Wilderness.  263 

to  go  in  at  any  moment.  We  are  nearer  Richmond  than  I  have 
ever  been  before  and  we  expect  to  have  more  or  less  fighting 
every  day  for  some  time  yet." 

The  regiment  crossed  Totopotomoy  Creek,  a  slow,  sluggish 
stream,  several  times  during  the  3ist,  maneuvering  for  position. 
In  the  afternoon  they  were  moved  to  the  right  where  there  was 
a  sharp  conflict  on  the  skirmish  line.  After  this  the  regiment 
was  moved  to  the  extreme  front  within  a  few  rods  of  the  enemy's 
position.  I  I  ere  they  built  breastworks  and  remained  through  the 
night.  They  were  under  constant  fire,  and  some  of  the  men 
were  wounded.  Colonel  Fllis,  being  in  temporary  command  of 
the  brigade  and  other  regiments  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore 
being  wounded  at  Spottsylvania,  the  regiment  during  this  part 
of  the  campaign  was  under  the  command  of  Captain  John  C. 
Broatah. 

Covering  the  dates  of  June  i st  and  2(1  Sergeant  Hirst  says: — 
"June  1st.  the  Fourteenth  lav  behind  the  breastworks  constructed 
hv  them  the  dav  before.  In  the  afternoon  the  Fourteenth,  which 
was  now  fully  armed  throughout  with  Sharp's  rifles,  was  sent 
out  to  hold  the  skirmish  line  while  the  rest  of  the  corps  made 
a  change  of  base.  At  daylight  ol  June  2(1.,  we  left  in  a  hurrv, 
the  rebels  keeping  pretty  close  to  our  heels  for  about  two  miles 
when  our  artillery  opened  upon  them  and  drove  them  back. 
\Ye  kept  on  the  march  until  we  reached  (old  Harbor,  where  the 
rebels  threw  a  few  shells  at  us  without  damage,  behind  the  hill 
where  we  were  stationed.  At  dark  we  moved  forward  to  sup 
port  a  green  regiment  in  the  front  line,  now  for  the  first  time 
engaged  with  the  rebels.  \Ye  had  a  sleepless  night  of  it  as  the 
rebels  would  rush  out,  fire  a  volley  and  then  get  under  cover. 
It  rained  all  night." 

(  )n  the  evening  of  June  2(1  a  gap  in  the  line  being  discovered 
bv  the  Confederates  thev  attempted  to  capture  a  wagon-train 
and  the  Fourteenth  was  withdrawn  from  their  position  and 
hurried  up  to  resist  the  attack.  About  this  time  ( ieneral  Terry 
appeared,  coming  down  from  Washington  with  a  company  of 
artillery  and  succeeded  in  driving  away  the  Confederates  and 
the  Fourteenth  secured  the  wagon-train.  This  was  a  surprise 


264  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

to  the  enemy  and  in  their  hasty  retreat  they  left  a  mule  which 
was  immediately  mounted  by  Corporal  Charles  A.  Beebe  of 
Company  C.  The  mule,  loyal  to  his  Southern  instincts,  went  off 
at  a  rapid  rate  toward  the  rebel  line.  Beebe  being  unable  to  dis 
mount.  He  was  carried  directly  into  the  enemy's  line,  but  for 
tunately  escaped  though  he  did  not  find  his  regiment  for  two 
days. 

The  night  of  June  2(1  the  regiment  bivouacked  in  a  field  not 
more  than  one  hundred  yards  frr-m  the  enemy's  picket  line.  In 
structions  were  given  to  charge  at  daylight.  At  early  dawn  the 
Fourteenth  was  formed  in  line  of  battle  and  everything  made 
fast  in  the  way  of  accouterments,  position  being  taken  in  front 
of  an  open  field  along  which  skirted  a  fence.  At  the  sound 
of  the  bugle  the  charge  was  to  be  made  over  the  fence  and  in 
tervening  space  on  to  the  Confederate  lines  immediately  in  front. 
There  was  much  delay  in  accomplishing  this,  the  troops  at  tie 
right  having  difficulty  in  getting  through  the  jungle.  After 
something  more  than  an  hour,  the  men  on  the  right,  having 
pierced  the  jungle,  appeared  in  sight  and  connected  with  the 
regiment,  the  bugle  sounded  and  on  went  the  regiment.  They 
passed  over  the  fence  and  mounting  a  ridge  the  men  were  ex 
posed  to  a  terrific  volley  from  the  enemy.  For  a  time  it  \vas 
alive  with  fire.  The  men  were  dropping,  wounded,  all  along  the 
line.  To  reach  the  enemy  the  men  were  obliged  to  pass  through 
a  jungle  very  thick  and  tangled  and  almost  impenetrable.  They 
finally  succeeded,  however,  in  crossing  this  growth  of  underbrush 
and  the  regiment  rushed  on  to  the  rifle-pits  only  to  see  the  enemy 
making  good  their  escape.  This  skirmish  line  of  the  Confeder 
ates  retreated  to  the  main  line  of  the  army  and  immediately  there 
was  sharp  firing  by  the  Confederates  toward  the  Fourteenth  Regi 
ment.  The  firing  being  intolerable,  the  men  fell  behind  the  dead 
bodies  of  Confederate  soldiers,  using  tin  plates  and  pans  to  throw 
up  earth  to  cover  these  dead  bodies  to  serve  as  protection.  A 
Xew  York  regiment  on  the  right  advanced  farther  to  the  front,, 
but  were  driven  back,  but  the  Fourteenth  were  able  to  maintain 
their  position  during  the  rest  of  the  battle.  Heavy  picket  firing 
was  kept  up  during  the  day.  Company  D  was  directly  in  front 


The  Monument  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  at  Antietam.  erected  by  the 
State  of  Connecticut. 


The  Wilderness.  267 

of  the  rebel  guns  and  prevented  their  tiring  them,  using  their 
IJerdans  sharp-shooters  with  good  effeet.  They  succeeded  also 
in  digging  trenches  under  their  breastworks  though  which  the} 
passed  and  getting  behind  trees  poured  hot  shot  into  the  enemy. 
Some  of  the  men  were  injured  by  shots  striking  the  trees  and 
glancing  off. 

About  six  o'clock  on  the  evening  of  the  4th.  troops  were  dis 
covered  moving  along  down  behind  their  lines  and  massing  in 
front  of  the  immediate  position  of  the  Fourteenth.  The  men  of 
the  Fourteenth  well  understood  this  meant  a  charge  and  made 
preparations  to  meet  it,  guns  were  trimmed  and  ammunition 
tucked  into  the  breastworks  in  front.  (  )n  came  the  enemy  and 
when  about  fifty  feet  away  there  was  heavy  shot  poured  into  them 
all  along  the  Union  lines.  Shot  after  shot  was  fired  and  wrought 
havoc  with  them.  Those  immediately  in  front  of  the  Fourteenth 
was  the  Forty-Second  Xorth  Carolina  Regiment.  They  soon 
became  thoroughly  demoralized,  some  retreating,  while  some  fell 
upon  their  faces.  Some  of  them  surrendered,  crying  "Yanks, 
don't  fire,  don't  fire!"  An  officer  of  this  Xorth  Carolina  regiment 
was  among  these  and  seeing  the  few  men  inquired,  "Where  are 
your  men?  I  thought  the  line  at  this  point  was  at  least  four  men 
deep,  the  fire  came  so  fast  and  thick."  Another  prisoner  said, 
"I  thought  you  were  just  en  masse  here  because  there  was  a  per 
fect  stream  of  fire  from  this  part  of  the  line." 

June  5th  was  occupied  in  strengthening  the  breastworks  and 
with  slight  skirmishing  during  the  day.  During  this  time  a 
rebel  flag  of  truce  was  recognized  in  the  immediate  front  of  the 
Fourteenth.  They  sought  to  recover  the  bodies  of  their  wound 
ed  and  killed.  As  many  of  the  latter  were  used  as  breastworks 
and  covered  with  earth  the  flag  of  truce  was  not  entirely  suc 
cessful  from  the  Confederate  point  of  view.  The  Fourteenth 
Regiment  was  censured  for  allowing  this  humane  act. 

On  the  6th  the  Confederates  charged  upon  the  Union  works, 
but  were  repulsed  with  much  loss.  There  was  much  skirmish 
ing  going  on  during  the  remaining  days  of  Cold  Harbor,  though 
the  regiment  suffered  but  little. 

Speaking  of  the  experience  of  the  regiment  on  the  /th  Sergeant 


268  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

E.  H.  Wade  says : — "On  Tuesday  a  flag"  of  truce  was  sent  to  the 
enemy  asking  for  a  cessation  of  hostilities  till  we  could  bury  our 
dead.  They  consented  to  it  and  all  the  dead  were  buried  where 
they  fell,  except  the  colonel  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fourth 
New  York.  Each  army  had  been  fighting  for  several  days  and 
quite  a  number  of  dead  of  both  sides  lay  between  us.  So  the  flag 
of  truce  was  accepted,  firing  ceased  and  both  parties  went  out  and 
buried  all  the  dead.  For  an  hour  or  so  both  Union  and  rebel 
were  together  and  we  had  a  good  chance  to  talk  to  each  other. 
The  rebels  were  right  glad  to  see  us,  they  came  and  shook  hands 
with  us  and  we  had  a  good  conversation  with  them.  Only  one 
hour  before  we  were  but  one  hundred  yards  apart,  hiding  behind 
trees  and  breastworks,  eagerly  watching  for  a  change  to  shoot 
each  other,  and  now  were  together  talking  and  chatting  as  if  the 
best  of  friends.  Soon  the  dead  were  all  buried  and  then  both 
armies  went  back  to  their  old  positions,  and  in  a  short  time  were 
firing  the  same  as  ever." 

Dr.  Levi  Jewett  was  sent  out  by  Colonel  Smyth  with  this  flag 
of  truce,  with  a  detail  of  pioneers.  Dr.  Jewett  reported  that  he 
was  most  friendly  received  and  every  assistance  rendered  to  en 
able  him  to  accomplish  his  work. 

The  regiment  remained  here  until  June  I2th.  During  this 
stay  there  was  continual  skirmishing  going  on  in  their  front  ex 
cept  for  the  time  when  the  Forty-second  North  Carolina  Regi 
ment  lay  in  front  of  them.  This  regiment,  bleeding  and  broken, 
said,  "Yanks,  if  you'uns  won't  fire,  we'uns  wont."  This  com- 
pact  held  for  some  days  when  one  morning  the  North  Carolina 
regiment  called  out,  "The  Sixth  Alabama  boys  is  going  to  suc 
ceed  us  and  they  fire  at  sight.  Now,  Yanks,  lie  low." 

The  men  of  the  Fourteenth  and  of  the  Forty-second  North 
Carolina  exchanged  coffee  and  tobacco,  the  former  throwing 
coffee  in  little  bags  which  was  reciprocated  by  the  Confederates 
throwing  packages  of  tobacco. 

On  the  loth  the  troops  were  withdrawn  from  the  breastworks 
and  moved  about  a  mile  to  the  rear.  Rations  were  served  and  as 
fast  as  the  troops  were  supplied,  they  moved  off  toward  Peters 
burg.  About  this  time  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  was  ordered 


The  Wilderness.  269 

back  to  the  breastworks  and  instructed  to  keep  up  their  fires  as  a 
feint  to  cover  the  retreat  of  the  main  army  and  were  told  that 
a  body  of  cavalry  would  be  sent  to  their  support.  Seeing  the 
Fourteenth  move  away,  it  was  supposed  by  the  officers  of  the  com 
missary  department  that  they  had  been  supplied  with  rations, 
so  the  train  moved  on,  leaving  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  with 
empty  stomachs  and  empty  haversacks.  They  remained  in  the 
condition  for  three  days,  their  only  sustenance  being  obtained 
from  herbs  and  berries  which  they  were  able  to  pick  in  the  woods 
and  a  stray  piece  of  hardtack  that  had  been  trampled  on  by  the 
horses.  The  regiment  remained  here  until  the  evening  of  the 
1 2th  at  nine  o'clock  when  they  were  withdrawn  and  moved  on 
toward  Petersburg. 

Sergeant  \Yade  says: — "We  were  soon  on  the  march  and  did 
not  stop  only  for  an  occasional  rest  until  we  got  nearly  to  the 
James  River,  being  on  the  go  just  about  twenty-four  hours  and 
making  nearly  thirty  miles.  It  was  an  awful  tramp  for  us  and 
half  the  boys  feet  were  blistered." 

Just  before  crossing  the  pontoon  over  the  James  River  a  small 
body  of  rebel  cavalry  appeared  in  the  rear.  About  the  same 
time  a  larger  body  of  cavalrv  was  seen  coming  from  the  direction 
of  the  enemy.  It  was  difficult  to  tell  whether  these  latter  were 
Union  or  Conferate  cavalry,  but  the  small  cavalry  in  the  rear  soon 
discovered  the  larger  body  to  be  Union  troops  and  turned  and 
fled.  They  were  followed  by  the  Union  cavalry  and  the  sight 
was  a  beautiful  one  as  these  two  bodies  galloped  over  the  ridges 
toward  the  setting  sun. 

Soon  after  crossing  the  James  River  the  march  was  resumed 
and  a  rapid  pace  was  taken  directly  across  the  country,  through 
wood,  swamp,  brooks,  without  regard  for  roads,  but  as  direct  a 
line  for  Petersburg  as  the  crow  would  fly.  After  first  crossing 
the  river  the  march  was  not  so  rapid,  but  through  some  delay 
General  Hancock  had  not  received  his  orders  and  was  late  in 
reaching  Petersburg,  consequentlv  the  men  were  hurried  forward 
without  more  than  an  hours  rest  at  any  time  and  without  rations 
until  Petersburg  was  reached  before  dawn  on  the  morning  of  the 
i6th. 


270  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Leaving  the  regiment  here  under  the  shadow  of  Petersburg,  it 
only  remains  for  us  to  trace  the  movements  of  the  regiment  dur 
ing  its  six  weeks  of  almost  incessant  skirmishing,  copying  the 
official  reports  of  the  commanding  officers.  By  orders  of  the 
government  the  reports  of  the  commanders  were  to  he  made  by 
epoch.  Captain  Rroatch's  report  to  Lieutenant  T.  E.  Parsons, 
Acting  Assistant  Adjutant-General,  is  the  only  one  who  observes 
this  order.  Captain  Broatch  made  no  report  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

The  limited  space  allowed  in  these  pages  for  strictly  personal 
biography  makes  it  difficult  to  do  justice  to  a  character  of  such 
sterling  worth  and  value  as  that  of  Major  John  C.  Broutch.  All 
\vho  were  brought  into  contact  with  him  loved  him  with  ardent 
affection  and  respect.  Mr.  Broutch  had  a  patriotic  love,  not 
only  for  his  comrades  of  the  Fourteenth  regiment,  but  for  any 
one  who  had  done  honest  service  for  the  country.  He  was  truly 
the  friend  of  the  soldier.  Major  Broutch  was  born  in  Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  March  14,  1843.  Before  entering  the  service  he 
was  employed  in  mechanical  work  in  his  native  city.  In  1871 
he  was  chosen  superintendent  of  the  Middletown  \Yater  Works, 
which  position  he  held  for  thirty  years.  Major  Broutch  rep 
resented  the  town  of  Middletown  in  the  General  Assembly  in 
1887  and  was  for  one  year  Department  Commander  of  the  G.  A. 
R.  Dr.  Levi  Jewett  a  comrade  in  the  Fourteenth  regiment  and 
a  close  friend  in  all  the  after  years  of  his  life  say.s  of  him  : — "As 
I  was  associated  with  him  during  the  war  I  can  bear  witness  to 
his  good  character,  uniform  kindness  of  disposition  and  cheer 
fulness  under  the  most  trying  circumstances,  daring  the  tedious 
marches  in  the  summer's  heat  and  winter's  cold,  through  storm 
rind  rain  and  snow,  by  night  and  day,  his  cheerful  presence  help- 
•><\  to  encourage  the  many  and  to  cheer  the  spirits  of  his  asso 
ciates."  Major  Broutch  died  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  April  2(1 
1004. 

Concerning  the  fortunes  of  the  flag  in  the  battle  of  the  \Yilder  - 
ness,  we  quote  the  following  from  an  address  made  by  Major 
Hinks  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  of  the  Fourteenth 
Connecticut  Regiment  at  Hartford  in  1879: — "Later  in  the  day, 


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271 


MAJOR  JOHN  C.   BROATCH. 


during1  an  attack  by  Longstreet's  Corps,  Corporal  Hcnrv  K. 
Lyon,  of  Xc\v  Haven,  a  brave  recruit  wlio  carried  the  the  United 
States  color,  was  mortally  wounded.  Handing  the  Hag  to  Lieu 
tenant-Colonel  Moore,  he  said,  'Take  'i.  Colonel,  I  have  done 
my  best!'  Colonel  Moore  gave  it  to  John  Hirst,  of  Rockville. 
The  regiment  at  this  time  was  almost  surrounded  and  in  danger 
of  being  captured,  but  Sergeant  Hirst  brought  the  Mag  safely 
from  the  held,  and  carried  it  from  that  time  through  every  battle 
until  he  safely  deposited  it  in  Hartford  after  the  regiment  was 
mustered  out.  The  State  color  had  also  a  narrow  escape  from 
capture  at  this  time,  its  bearer  having  planted  it  in  the  ground 
while  attending  to  his  wounded  comrade,  Corporal  Lyon  ;  but  it 


272  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

was  saved  by  the  promtness  of  Sergeant  Thompson.  Corporal 
Robert  Wolfe,  of  Waterbury,  a  member  of  the  color  guard,  was 
wounded  in  this  engagement,  and  subsequently  at  the  battle  of 
Ream's  Station." 

The  following  is  the  list  of  killed  and  wounded  during  and 
since  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness : — 

"Lieutenant-Colonel   S.  A.   Moore,   wounded,  knee,  slight. 

Major,  James  B.  Coit,  wounded,  wrist,  severely. 

Company  A.  Wounded,  2d  Lieutenant,  William  M unlock, 
ankle,  slight,  Corporals,  William  Jacobs,  knee,  badly.  John  Kelly, 
hand,  slight.  Privates,  Burritt  Styles,  arm  and  leg,  Patrick  Moore, 
leg,  Patrick  Ryan,  finger,  slight,  William  Blucher,  leg,  John  Rid 
ley,  breast,  Charles  Sullivan,  hand,  James  Ringwood,  head;  miss 
ing.  Corporals,  Thomas  Henderson,  Privates,  James  II.  Bartram, 
Richard  Ringwood. 

Company  B.  Killed,  Privates,  Lucius  1C.  Bidwell,  (ieorge  S. 
May,  James  Scully,  Samuel  Herring:  wounded,  2(1  Lieutenant, 
Robert  Russell,  hand,  1st  Sergeant,  Elnathan  B.  Tvler,  thigh. 
Sergeants,  William  H.  Dean,  body,  severely,  Ld\vin  Stroud,  foot, 
severely,  Joseph  McClusky,  chest,  severely.  Corporals,  A.  L.  Xor- 
ton,  leg,  amputated,  Heman  V.  Crowell.  breast,  Hiram  II.  Fox, 
arm,  slight.  William  Hall,  ankle,  severely,  Privates,  Dwight 
Davis,  leg  and  side,  Kdward  Duffy,  body,  Thomas  Oleason,  leg, 
badly,  James  Hays,  2(1,  leg.  Henry  A.  Lawrence,  hand.  Thad- 
deus  Steinheil,  hip,  William  Taylor,  arm  and  shoulder,  John  Teal, 
William  Yickner,  body,  Randall  M.  Tallman,  leg;  missing,  Pri 
vate,  Charles  E.  Pample. 

Company  C.  Killed.  Private,  Stephen  D.  Kittle;  wounded. 
Sergeant,  Sylvester  (j.  Lord,  leg,  severely.  Corporals,  Robert 
Wolfe,  hand,  slight,  Ldward  KildurT.  feet  and  groin,  Charles  A. 
Beebe,  head,  Privates,  Frederick  A.  Chase,  thigh,  Cornelius  Dal}-, 
heel,  Jonathan  Taylor,  shoulder,  Oscar  Rander,  hand,  Sylvanus 
W.  Beckwith,  knee,  Charles  Miller,  arm,  badly,  John  SufTang. 
hand,  slight,  Edward  Rose,  knee,  severely,  Frederick  A.  Ellis, 
neck,  slight,  Daniel  B.  Joice,  leg,  severely,  John  Dernby,  foot, 
severely,  James  Coles,  hand,  slight,  James  Moran,  arm;  missing, 
Sergeant  William  A.  Rice. 


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Company  D.  Wounded,  ist  Lieutenant,  Newell  P.  Rockwood, 
arm,  2(1  Lieutenant,  George  A.  Stocking,  head,  1st  Sergeant,  El- 
bert  F.  Hyde,  face,  slight,  Sergeant,  George  E.  Worcester,  leg, 
severely.  Corporal,  Morris  Altwin,  hand,  Privates,  Bradley  Nich- 
ols,  arm,  Charles  H.  House,  ankle,  slight,  William  Larcun;,  hand 
Michael  Carroll,  hand,  Charles  H.  Brown,  foot,  James  Drew, 
arm  ;  missing.  Privates,  Purson  Davis,  Charles  Lamphere,  James 
McWilliams,  Martin  Lyons. 

Company  E.  Killed,  Privates,  Daniel  Timmons,  Patrick 
Lloyd,  Alonzo  P.  Cole:  wounded,  ist  Sergeant,  James  M.  Moore, 
head.  Sergeant,  George  K.  Bassett,  head,  badly,  Corporals,  Jos 
eph  Keenan,  John  Carroll,  linger,  slight,  Sanford  Bugbee,  Pri 
vates.  Jeremiah  Callahan,  hip,  Carlos  B.  Cole,  ear,  slight,  Thomas 
Dorns,  arm,  John  D.  Dixon,  Lewis  Bush,  arm,  Timothy  Lown, 
finger,  slight,  Patrick  Mahoney,  John  L Barker.  David  Patterson, 
James  Riley,  ankle,  severelv,  William  Smith,  arm,  James  Norton, 
arm  :  missing.  Private,  William  Boscher. 

Company  F.  Killed,  Privates,  Albert  S.  Frost,  William  C. 
Brown;  wounded,  ist  Lieutenant,  Frederick  Shalk,  hip,  2(1  Lieu 
tenant.  L.  F.  Norton,  arm,  slight.  Sergeant,  Charles  M.  Scoville. 
thigh,  badly.  Corporals,  Charles  W.  Norton,  mouth,  badly,  Jos 
eph  Thomas,  arm.  Privates,  Joseph  A.  Berry,  mouth,  Lewis  G. 
Burton,  arm,  George  W.  Doty,  foot,  James  Holland,  foot,  Morris 
B).  Han  ford,  hand,  Charles  Miller,  hand,  slight,  John  Winter, 
leg,  severely,  James  Warren,  breast,  slight ;  missing,  Corporal, 
Elijah  \Y.  Bacon.  Privates,  David  Gebhardt,  John  Hines,  William 
E.  Mott,  Sidney  Smith. 

Company  G.  Killed,  Privates,  Luther  R.  Mine,  Edward  F. 
Norton.  James  Brown  ;  wounded.  Captain,  Samuel  Fiske,  should 
er.  Corporals,  Augustus  L.  Dibble,  hand  and  arm,  Henry  K. 
Lyon.  wounded  and  missing,  Edgar  S.  Ely,  breast,  slight.  Peter 
Kelly,  Privates,  Charles  Decker,  finger,  slight.  Peter  Hughes, 
cheek,  slight,  Jerome  Kelsey,  thigh,  severely,  Charles  Lutz,  leg, 
Henry  P.  Lynch,  leg,  George  Mayer,  hand,  slight,  John  O'Con- 
ner,  leg  and  arm,  John  Richardson,  arm,  severely,  John  S. 
Stannard,  toes,  Richard  Lee,  arm,  slight,  Patrick  Daly,  arm, 


274  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Ir.fantry. 

badly,  Charles  A'.  Wilson,  breast  and  wrist,  William  H.  Morgan, 
throat,  Benjamin  Stevens,  jaw;  missing;,  Corporal,  Sanford  Fos 
ter,  Private,  William  Hancock. 

Company  H.  Killed,  Sergeant.  William  (ilossinger,  Privates, 
Patrick  Kernin,  James  P.  Conners,  Jacob  Kearn  ;  wounded,  ist 
Lieutenant,  Samuel  H.  Seward,  arm,  amputated,  Corporal, 
Charles  Laurie,  hand,  severelv.  Privates,  James  Crinion,  hand, 
slight,  James  Allen,  head,  Carnon  Mackie,  arm,  severely,  Charles 
Rehmer,  shoulder,  Charles  (iard,  wrist,  Daniel  Pia,  bowels, 
badly,  John  Pals,  back;  missing.  Privates,  Joseph  P.  Starkey, 
Alexander  ( )rr,  Robert  Isles,  Woodruff  Raskins,  John  Davis,  H. 
Herman  Schluter. 

Company  I.  Wounded,  Sergeant,  Frederick  P>eardsley, 
wounded  and  missing.  Corporal,  Thomas  Crittenden,  groin, 
badly.  Privates,  James  Picket,  c.rm,  amputated,  Edward  ( iood- 
man,  ( ieorge  Thomas,  thumb  and  side,  Stephen  Malonev,  hip 
and  missing,  Xathan  A.  Palmer,  finger. 

Company  K.  Killed,  1st  Lieutenant,  Henry  W.  Wadhams, 
Privates  Michael  Shaughnessy,  Chester  C.  IHirton,  Charles  C. 
Borroughs ;  wounded,  2(1  Lieutenant,  (ieorge  H.  Lillibridge, 
thigh,  severely,  Corporals,  John  J.  I'rierly,  hi]),  slight,  Christo 
pher  Flvnn,  hi]),  Edward  Fitzgerald,  hand,  Francis  Daly,  wrist 
and  arm.  Privates,  Chester  C.  Field,  head  and  throat,  (ieorge 
Wallack.  knee,  badly,  Alfred  Cowles,  hip,  William  X.  Carroll, 
leg,  badly,  (ieorge  Flammer,  head,  severelv,  Oscar  Kibbe,  leg 
severely,  Francis  McYay,  breast,  Thomas  Madden,  Thomas  Mc- 
(irath,  fingers,  (ieorge  S])indler,  shoulder,  Stephen  I).  Allen, 
breast ;  missing.  Private,  Chauncey  Kingsbury. 

Of  those  wounded  the  following  have  since  died: — Captain. 
Samuel  Fiske,  Company  G,  ist  Lieutenant,  Frederick  Shalk, 
Company  F,  Sergeant,  Joseph  McClusky,  Company  P>.  Private, 
Charles  A.  I'eebe,  Company  C." 

Among  those  wounded  at  the  Wilderness  was  Captain  Samuel 
Fiske  from  whom  we  have  often  quoted  under  the  nom  de  plume 
of  Dunn  Hrowne.  liorn  in  Shelburne,  Mass.,  July  28th,  1828, 
and  being  wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  was  taken 
to  the  hospital  at  Fredericksburg,  \  a.,  where  he  died  May  23d., 


The  Wilderness.  275 

1804.  lie  was  conspicuous  in  the  regiment  as  he  lived  a  life 
full  of  valuable  lessons  and  replete  with  stirring  action.  1  le 
was  bright,  lively,  loving  and  beloved,  lie  graduated  in  1848 
from  Amherst  College.  After  graduation  he  taught  for  two 
years  and  then  became  a  tutor  at  Amherst  for  three  years.  In 
1855  he  spent  a  year  in  Europe  and  the  East.  He  wrote  en- 


ASST.  SURGEON  CHARLES  TOMLINSOX. 

trancing  letters  to  the  Springfield  Republican  during  his  jour- 
nev  abroad.  After  his  return  from  Europe  he  was  settled  as 
pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Madison  where  he  re 
mained  for  seven  years  and  from  which  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Company  I.  His  ministry  was  marked  by  originality  and 
independence  of  action.  In  his  pastorate  he  won  the  affection 
of  his  people  and  when  he  resolved  that  his  duty  to  his  country 
in  peril  was  even  higher  than  that  to  his  people,  it  wrung  their 
hearts  to  part  with  him.  His  body  was  taken  to  Madison  by 


276  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

a  part  of  his  parishioneers  where  funeral  services  were  held 
and  thence  the  remains  were  removed  to  Shelburne  Falls,  his 
native  place,  where  Professor  \Y.  S.  Tyler  of  Amherst  preached 
a  sermon  tender  with  personal  grief. 

First  Lieutenant  Frederick  E.  Shalk  was  another  serious  loss 
to  the  regiment  during  this  series  of  battles  under  consideration. 
He  was  a  German  by  birth,  moving  to  this  countrv  quite  early 
in  life,  lie  enlisted  from  Xorwich.  Prior  to  that  he  had  re 
sided  in  Cncasville.  It  will  be  remembered  that  we  have 
alluded  to  him  previously  as  falling  from  the  train  while  mak 
ing  a  short  stop  at  Faston,  Pa.,  on  the  route  of  the  regiment  from 
New  York  to  the  front.  He  was  a  faithful  soldier  and  a  trusty 
officer.  Of  vigorous  and  energetic  constitution,  but  cheerful 
disposition,  he  was  equally  ready  for  duty  or  danger,  for  fun 
or  frolic.  This  disposition  made  him  a  great  favorite  with  the 
men  of  the  regiment.  He  was  wounded  at  Spottsylvania  and 
died  May  2ist..  1864.  He  was  taken  to  Lebanon  for  burial. 

First  Lieutenant  Henry  \Y.  \Yadhams  was  one  of  three 
brothers  who  enlisted  from  Litchfield,  Conn.,  all  of  whom  were 
killed  in  the  struggle  for  the  nation's  life.  All  these  brothers 
were  killed  in  battle.  Sergeant  Edward  Wadhams  of  the 
Eighth  Connecticut  was  killed  in  the  assault  on  Fort  Darling, 
Captain  Luman  \Yadhams  of  the  Second  Connecticut  Artillery 
was  mortally  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  and  First  Lieutenant 
Henry  \Y.  \Yadhains  on  the  south  side  of  North  Ann  River. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  August  1-j.th.,  1831.  He 
was  a  machinist  at  \Yaterbury,  where  he  enlisted  July  4th., 
1862,  in  Company  C.  He  was  buried  near  Xorth  Anna  River. 
His  whole  military  career  was  marked  by  loval  devotion  to 
duty  and  his  desire  to  faithfully  serve  his  country. 

The  following  is  the  report  of  Captain  John  C.  P>roatch : — 

"Headquarters    Fourteenth    Connecticut     Yolunteers, 

August  7th.,  1864. 
Lieutenant : — 

The  following  is  respectfully  submitted  as  a  brief  sketch  of 
the  operations  of  this  regiment  during  the  present  campaign, 
divided  into  five  epochs,  as  required  by  Special  Orders,  No.  209= 
headquarters  Armv  of  the  Potomac. 


The  Wilderness.  277 

FIRST  EPOCH. 

Left  camp  at  Stony  Mountain  at  dark  May  3,  1864;  crossed 
the  Rapidan  River  at  Fly's  Ford  next  morning ;  halted  and  went 
into  camp  for  the  night  on  the  old  Chancellorsville  battle-field 
at  2  V.  AI.  Resumed  our  march  upon  the  morning  of  the  5th., 
moving  through  a  place  called  Todd's  Tavern,  and  toward 
Spottsylvania  Court-I  louse.  Halted  toward  noon  and  threw 
up  breastworks.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  afternoon  marched 
back  again  over  the  same  ground  to  a  cross-roads,  where  we 
advanced  in  line  of  battle  into  the  woods  which  bordered  the 
road,  receiving  a  fire  from  the  enemy,  but  without  being  able 
to  return  it,  as  some  of  our  own  troops  were  in  advance  of  us. 
Loss  in  the  regiment  about  fifteen  killed  or  wounded,  among 
whom  were  two  commissioned  officers.  At  daylight  next  morn 
ing  moved  upon  the  enemy,  the  brigade  being  formed  in  two 
lines  of  battle,  the  Fourteenth  upon  the  left  of  the  first  line. 
After  advancing  for  upward  of  half  a  mile  met  the  enemy,  and 
were  hotly  engaged  with  them.  Fell  back  for  a  distance  of 
four  or  five  rods,  but  promptly  rallied  and  completely  repulsed 
the  rebel  attack.  Were  then  relieved  by  another  line  of  battle, 
and  the  brigade  was  ordered  to  withdraw  for  a  short  distance  to 
the  rear,  where  it  was  resupplied  with  cartridges.  The  regi 
ment  received  the  hearty  commendation  of  Colonel  Carroll, 
brigade  commander,  for  its  conduct  upon  this  occasion.  Later 
in  the  day,  an  attack  being  made  by  the  rebels  upon  ihe  left 
flank  of  our  lines,  a  part  of  our  brigade  was  swung  around  to 
meet  it.  For  upwards  of  twenty  minutes  the  Fourteenth  held 
that  part  of  the  enemy's  line  opposite  to  it  in  check.  At  the 
expiration  of  that  time  the  First  Delaware,  which  was  upon  its 
left,  being  outflanked  by  the  rebel  line  and  forced  to  retire,  the 
Fourteenth  fell  back  in  good  order  to  the  cross-roads,  where 
it  was  at  once  reformed  in  line  and  ready  for  further  services. 
( )ur  loss  this  day  was  severe,  particularly  in  officers. 

SECOND  EPOCH. 

Upon  the  (jth  of  May,  the  march  to  Spottsylvania  Court- 
House  having  been  resumed,  crossed  the  Po  River  and  went  into 
bivouac  for  the  night.  Upon  the  loth,  rccrossed  the  river  and 


278  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

up  a  position  in  a  piece  of  woods  some  50  or  60  yards  in  front 
of  the  enemy's  works,  and  opened  a  heavy  fire  upon  them. 
(  )ur  ammunition  at  length  being  exhausted,  we  were  relieved 
and  ordered  to  fall  back  to  a  more  sheltered  position.  This  was 
done  in  good  order.  At  night  threw  up  breastworks.  Upon 
the  night  of  May  i  i  quietly  withdrew  from  our  position  and 
marched  all  night  toward  the  east.  At  daybreak  next  morning 
made  a  charge  upon  the  enemy,  and  taking  them  by  surprise, 
assisted  in  capturing  the  prisoners,  gnus,  etc.,  taken  upon  that 
occasion.  Several  of  the  captured  guns  were  turned  upon  the 
enemy  and  worked  with  good  effect  by  members  of  this  regi 
ment.  \Ye  occupied  for  the  remainder  of  the  day  a  position 
farther  to  the  left.  Were  under  a  constant  fire,  but  being  pro 
tected  by  a  low  breast  work  our  loss  was  small. 

THIRD  EPOCH. 

Received  marching  orders  about  midnight  May  2Oth.  Our 
line  of  march  led  by  Massaponax  Church  and  Guiney's  Station, 
and  through  Howling  (ireen  and  Alilford  Station.  Crossed  the 
Mattapony  River  below  this  latter  place  in  the  afternoon  on  the 
2ist.,  and  took  up  a  position,  which  we  fortified.  Upon  the 
22(1.  went  out  skirmishing,  but  were  unable  to  discover  any- 
tiling  except  a  small  force  of  rebel  cavalry. 

Upon  the  23(1.,  marched  to  the  banks  of  the  Xorth  Anna  River. 
Crossed  this  river  upon  the  morning  of  the  24th.  About  r  P.  M. 
we  advanced  upon  the  enemy,  deployed  as  skirmishers,  drove 
them  across  a  plowed  field,  and,  with  the  assistance  of  other 
regiments  of  the  brigade,  from  out  a  breastwork  which  they 
occupied  upon  the  edge  of  a  piece  of  woods.  Continued  to 
skirmish  with  the  enemy  in  the  woods  until  nearly  dark.  May 
26th.,  toward  evening,  half  of  the  Fourteenth,  under  command 
of  Captain  Nichols,  was  ordered  to  drive  the  rebels  from  a  post 
of  observation  occupied  by  them  about  200  yards  in  front  of  our 
line.  This  task  was  done  in  good  style,  with  the  loss  of  I 
commissioned  officer  killed,  and  3  or  4  men  wounded. 

FOURTH  EPOCH. 

That  night  we  withdrew  across  the  Xorth  Anna,  and,  march 
ing  down  the  north  bank  of  the  river  all  the  next  day,  crossed 


The  Wilderness.  279 

moved  up  to  attack  the  rebel  position  upon  the  north  side.  Took 
the  Pamunkey  at  Taylor's  Bridge  upon  the  28th.  Upon  the 
30th.  advanced  to  Totopotomoy  Creek,  10  miles  north  of  Rich 
mond.  Upon  the  3  ist  moved  up  to  the  front  to  support  Gen 
eral  Owen's  brigade:  are  not,  however,  engaged.  Upon  the 
night  of  June  i,  our  regiment,  with  another,  is  left  upon  picket 
in  front  of  our  works,  while  the  remainedr  of  the  brigade  is  with 
drawn  and  marches  toward  Cold  Harbor.  \Ye  are  withdrawn 
a  little  before  daylight  and  rejoin  the  rest  of  the  brigade  upon 
the  afternoon  of  the  2(1.  near  the  above  place.  At  daylight  next 
morning  advance  upon  the  enemv  and  take  up  a  position,  distant 
about  100  yards  from  their  works,  which  we  are  subsequently 
ordered  to  fortify.  An  attack  made  upon  us  by  the  enemy  in 
this  position  is  easilv  repulsed. 

I  am,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

JOTTX   C.    BKO. \TCII, 
Captain,  Commanding  Regiment. 
Lieutenant  T.  E.  T 'ARSONS, 

Acting  Assistant  Adjutant-General." 

The  following  are  the  official  reports  of  Colonel  Theodore  G. 
Kllis  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 

"Headquarters    Fourteenth   Connecticut  Volunteers, 

Tune    7,    1864. 
( Icneral : — 

Although  during  the  past  month  I  have  not  been  continually 
in  command  of  my  regiment,  being  part  of  the  time  in  command 
of  the  brigade,  and  during  the  battles  in  which  the  regiment  has 
been  engaged  having  been  placed  in  command  of  other  regi 
ments,  in  addition  to  my  own.  wherebv  my  attention  has  been 
somewhat  diverted  from  it,  T  feel  it  incumbent  upon  me  to  make 
the  best  report  of  the  movements  and  engagements  of  the  regi 
ment  since  the  commencement  of  the  present  campaign  that  lies 
in  my  power.  On  the  evening  of  May  3  the  regiment  left 
Stony  Mountain,  on  the  Rapidan,  with  the  four  other  regiments, 
composing  the  detachment  stationed  at  that  point,  which  1  then 
commanded,  and  marched  to  join  our  brigade  nea"  Brandy  Sta- 


280  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 

tion.  Marching  all  night  \ve  crossed  the  Rapidan  \vitli  the  rest 
of  our  corps  at  Fly's  Ford  about  daylight  and  proceeded  to  the 
old  battlefield  at  Chancellorsville,  where  \ve  halted  for  the  night. 
The  next  day  our  corps  marched  southwesterly  toward  Todd's 
Tavern,  where  it  was  attacked  in  force  by  the  rebel  army.  We 
turned  northward  and  marched  to  the  cross-roads,  about  5  miles 
west  from  Chancellorsville,  formed  bv  the  junction  of  the  plank 
road  from  Chancellorsville  to  ( )range  Court-House  and  the  road 
upon  which  we  marched.  The  firing  was  quite  heavy  when  our 
brigade  reached  the  scene  of  action.  \Ye  were  formed  in  line 
of  battle  immediately  north  of  the  cross-roads,  and  advanced 
into  the  woods,  where  we  at  once  became  engaged  with  the 
enemy.  The  Fourteenth  was  in  the  first  line  of  battle  and  be 
haved  nobly,  at  one  time  executing  a  change  of  front  under  fire 
to  repel  an  attack  on  our  left,  lief  ore  going  into  action  our 
force  was  20  commissioned  officers  and  325  enlisted  men. 

The  battle  was  resumed  at  daylight  on  the  6th.  ( )ur  brigade 
advanced  to  the  attack  and  moved  forward  about  half  a  mile 
through  the  woods,  changing  front  toward  the  northwest,  and 
crossing  the  plank  road  running  westward  from  the  cross-roads. 
Here  the  enemy  were  found  in  force.  After  being  engaged 
in  the  front  line  until  our  ammunition  was  exhausted;  the 
regiment  was  withdrawn  to  the  second  line  until  again  supplied. 
Tn  the  early  part  of  the  afternoon  the  enemy  made  a  fierce  and 
desperate  assault  upon  our  left  flank,  which  was  for  some  time 
resisted,  but  our  brigade  being  unsupported  on  the  left,  it  was 
obliged  to  fall  back  beyond  the  north  and  south  road  before 
mentioned.  During  the  rest  of  the  afternoon  the  regiment  was 
placed  in  reserve  near  the  road,  being  occasionally  moved  as 
different  points  were  threatened.  In  the  evening  we  were  moved 
a  short  distance  up  the  road,  and  were  engaged  most  of  the  night 
in  constructing  breastworks  along  the  west  side  of  the  road. 
Our  force  in  this  day's  engagement  was  18  officers  and  300  en 
listed  men. 

On  the  /th,  8th.  and  (;th  we  were  formed  in  line  of  battle  at 
various  points,  changing  our  position  more  to  the  southwest. 
About  dark  on  the  evening  of  the  (jth  we  crossed  the  River  Po 


The  Wilderness.  281 

near  Mr.  Giles  Ciravcs'  house  and  encamped  for  the  night.  The 
next  morning  our  division  had  recrossed  the  river,  and  went  to 
the  support  of  the  Fifth  Corps.  \Ye  marched  by  a  cicuitous 
route  to  the  left,  where  we  lav  for  some  time  exposed  to  a 
heavv  shell  fire  in  rear  of  part  of  the  Fifth  Corps.  Soon  our 
brigade  was  in  line  of  battle.  \Ye  advanced  over  the  hue  of 
breastworks,  behind  which  lay  part  of  the  corps  we  were  sup- 


Orange  Plank  Road,  Wilderness. 

porting,  and  charged  forward  against  the  enemy.  (  )ur  advance 
was  through  a  tangled  road,  difficult  to  pass  in  order,  dispersing 
our  men,  and  obliging  us  to  halt  occasionally  to  reform  our  line. 
To  add  to  the  difficult}-,  the  woods  were  on  firo  for  some  dis 
tance  over  which  we  had  to  pass.  At  times  the  heat  of  the  fire 
was  suffocating.  (  )ur  men,  however,  moved  bravely  forwaul, 
under  cover  of  the  woods,  to  within  about  50  paces  of  ihe 
enemy's  works,  which  opened  upon  us  a  galling  fire.  Unable 
to  advance  farther,  we  opened  fire  upon  such  of  the  ,?nemv  as 
could  be  seen,  and  maintaining  our  position  for  abour  six  hours, 
when,  our  ammunition  being  exhausted,  we  were  relieve!  and 
lav  in  the  second  line,  still  in  front  of  the  breastworks,  a1!  that 
night  and  the  next  day.  (  )ur  force  in  this  engagement  was  II 
officers  and  220  enlisted  men.  About  midnight  we  marched 
eastward  with  our  corps  to  the  right  of  the  rebel  position,  where 


282  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

about  daylight  on  the  I2th  an  assault  was  made  upon  the  enemy's 
works.  We  were  in  the  second  line,  and  passed  over  the  rebel 
intrenchments  directly  after  a  portion  of  the  First  Division, 
which  preceded  us.  We  captured  a  great  number  of  prisoners, 
which  we  sent  to  the  rear  in  charge  of  Captain  Nickels.  We 
pursued  the  flying  enemy  for  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  when 
I  found  our  men  becoming  scattered,  our  colors  in  advance  of 
any  other  troops,  and  the  fire  from  the  enemy's  second  line  of 
works  becoming  serious.  The  rebels  had  also  rallied  -»1id  \YI  re 
advancing  a  line  of  battle  in  our  front.  I  therefore  ordered  our 
men  to  fall  back  to  the  first  line  of  works.  In  this  first  line 
were  the  enemy's  cannon,  which  were  all  captured.  Manv  of 
these  guns  were,  turned  on  the  enemv.  Two  of  them  \\cre 
worked  by  men  of  the  Fourteenth,  under  direction  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Moore  and  Lieutenant  Morgan.  These  guns  were 
drawn  off  by  our  men.  Our  force  in  this  engagement  was  8 
commissioned  officers  and  200  enlisted  men.  Hie  regiment  was 
afterward  moved  to  the  left  during  the  day  and  'av  in  tie  icbel 
entrenchments  all  night. 

The  I3th  and  i_|.th  were  passed  in  the  same  vicinity  with  dight 
changes  of  position.  About  dark  on  the  evening  of  the  i-jth  our 
brigade  was  marched  westward  to  another  line  of  rifle-pits  to 
resist  an  expected  attack.  The  Fourteenth  remained  in  the 
works  in  line  of  battle.  On  the  night  of  the  T/th,  '.lie  regiment 
being  on  picket,  it  was  formed  into  a  skirmish  line  with  some 
two  or  three  other  regiments  and  advanced  upon  the  enemy's 
position.  The  whole  of  the  i8th.  was  passed  upon  the  skirmish 
line,  the  regiment  being  at  times  under  a  shell  fire,  but  meeting 
with  no  casualties.  We  were  relieved  at  night.  On  Sunday, 
the  22(1,  we  were  again  engaged  in  skirmishing  with  the  enemy's 
cavalry,  near  Milford  Station.  About  n  A.  XT.,  on  the  24th.. 
we  moved  across  the  North  Anna  River  and  were  engaged  most 
of  the  day  in  a  severe  skirmish  with  the  enemv.  Our  line  ad 
vanced  and  drove  the  rebel  skirmishers  about  half  a  mile  across 
a  wheat  field  on  the  left  and  through  the  woods  on  the  right. 

We   were   relieved   at   night   with   our   ammunition   nearly   ex- 


The  Wilderness.  283 

pended.  ( )ur  force  this  day  was  7  commissioned  officers  and  185 
enlisted  men.  The  next  morning  the  regiment  was  again 
moved  to  the  front,  and  was  engaged  all  day  in  throwing  up  in- 
trenchments.  On  the  26th..  about  /  P.  M.  the  Fourteenth  with 
two  other  regiments  was  ordered  to  advance  and  drive  the 
enemy  from  their  advanced  works  on  the  left  of  our  position, 
which  they  did  in  gallant  style  after  a  terrific  struggle,  which 
lasted  until  dark.  The  strength  of  the  regiment  engaged  in 
this  encounter  was  8  commissioned  officers  and  165  enlisted  men. 
The  2/th.  and  28th.  were  passed  in  marching  down  the  left  bank 
of  the  I'amunkey  River,  which  was  crossed  about  4  P.  Zvl.  on 
the  28th.  The  next  two  days  were  passed  near  the  river,  \\illi 
some  slight  changes  of  position.  On  th-v  afternoon  of  the  3ist. 
we  were  moved  to  the  extreme  front,  where  our  picket  were  en 
gaged  with  the  enemy.  Here  we  remained  all  the  next  dav,  be 
hind  breastworks,  which  we  had  partially  constructed  daiing  the 
night.  On  the  night  of  June  1st.  the  regiment  was  left  behind 
on  picket  when  the  corps  moved  to  Cold  Harbor,  rejoining  it 
the  next  day  about  5  P.  A  I.,  after  a  hard  day's  march.  On  'he 
morning  of  the  3d.  the  whole  line  moved  forward  toward  the 
rebel  works,  causing  some  sharp  skirmishing  but  no  general 
engagement  in  our  vicinity.  (  )ur  men  intrenched  themselves 
in  front  of  the  enemy's  works  and  remaineJ  quiet,  ;xcept  a 
continued  exchange  of  shots  between  the  pickets.  At  times, 
however,  the  enemy  opened  a  severe  fire,  from  which  we  were 
protected  by  our  works.  On  the  evening  of  Lhc  4th.  a  charge 
was  made  by  the  rebels,  which  was  handsomely  repulsed. 

The  strength  of  the  regiment  is  at  present  /  commissioned 
officers  and  160  enlisted  men.  The  present  campaign  has  thus 
far  been  a  severe  one.  Since  its  commencement  to  the  present 
time,  the  regiment  has  been  in  line  of  battle  and  under  fire 
almost  every  dav.  At  night  we  have  almost  invariably 
bivouacked  in  line,  prepared  for  an  attack.  The  fatigue  and 
exposure  of  the  night  marches,  and  continual  encounters  with  the 
enemy  have  been  extraordinary,  but  the  officers  and  men  of  this 
regiment  have  met  them  nobly  and  uncomplainingly,  cheerfully 
bearing  all  the  hardships  they  have  been  called  upon  to  endure. 


284  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Among  the  officers  especially  noted  for  their  gallantry  in  the 
various  actions  in  which  they  have  been  engaged,  I  would  men 
tion  the  names  of  Lieut.  Col.  S.  A.  Moore  and  Adjt.  William  B. 
Hincks. 

Very   respectfully,   your   obedient   servant, 

THEO.   G.   ELLIS, 

Colonel  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers. 
Brig.  Gen.  HORACE  J.  MORSE, 

Adjutant-General   of   Connecticut. 

Recapitulation.  Killed,  Commissioned  officers,  I  ;  enlisted 
men,  20;  wounded,  Commissioned  officers,  n  ;  enlisted  men,  129; 
missing,  enlisted  men,  24.  Total,  185." 

Washington,  D.  C.,  August  9,  1864. 
General  :— 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the  opera 
tions  of  this  regiment  from  June  3  to  June  20,  1864: — 

At  the  date  when  f  closed  my  last  report  the  regiment  was 
occupying  an  intrenched  position  immediately  in  front  of  and 
about  100  yards  from  the  enemy's  works  at  Cold  Harbor,  a  place 
10  miles  northeast  of  Richmond,  Va.  An  incessant  picket  fir 
ing  was  kept  up  between  the  two  sides.  On  the  evening  of  the 
3d.  of  June  the  enemy  made  an  attack  upon  us  in  heavy  force. 
Their  skirmishers  advanced  with  fixed  bayonets,  followed  by 
several  lines  of  battle.  They  were  met  by  a  very  heavy  fire, 
which  caused  them  to  fall  back  in  confusion.  One  lieutenant 
and  3  privates  came  over  into  our  works  and  were  captured.  They 
stated  that  they  belonged  to  the  Forty-second  North  Carolina 
Regiment,  Martin's  brigade,  Hoke's  division,  of  Beauregard's 
army.  During  the  night  the  enemy  could  be  heard  removing 
their  dead  and  wounded,  and  by  daylight  had  carried  off  all  but 
3  of  the  dead,  who  were  too  near  our  position  to  be  removed 
with  safety. 

On  the  5th,  6th,  and  /th  of  June  picket-firing  was  kept  up 
by  the  enemy,  which  was  replied  to  by  our  men  with  considerable 
effect.  Private  Henry  Worden,  of  Company  A,  shot  one  of 
their  sharp-shooters  in  the  very  act  of  discharging  his  piece, 


The  Wilderness.  285 

killing  him  instantly.  Private  Franklin  M.  Goff,  of  Company 
J>,  wounded  2,  who  were  seen  to  be  carried  off  upon  stretchers. 
This  was  at  a  distance  estimated  at  about  800  yards  back  of  the 
enemy's  second  line  of  fortifications,  and  was  done  with  a 
Sharp's  rifle.  It  is  interesting,  as  showing  the  comparative  value 
of  that  weapon  and  the  Springfield  rifle,  several  trials  with  the 
latter,  using  an  ordinary  charge  of  power,  failing  to  carry  that 
distance. 

(  )n  the  night  of  the  5th.  of  June,  the  enemy  advancing  his 
skirmishers,  our  men  fired  upon  them  under  the  impression  that 
they  contemplated  an  attack.  The  enemy  replied  from  his  breast 
works,  and  for  some  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes,  each  partv  think 
ing  itself  attacked,  a  very  heavy  fire  was  kept  up,  doing,  how 
ever,  but  very  little  damage  on  either  side.  Such  mistakes  as  this 
cannot  always  be  avoided  when  the  enemy  is  in  such  close 
proximity.  After  the  firing  had  ceased  a  working  party  was 
sent  out,  which,  under  cover  of  darkness,  threw  uu  a  rillc-pit  for 
the  protection  of  our  pickets,  some  25  yards  in  advance  of  our 
main  line.  The  two  were  connected  by  a  deep  trench,  which 
afforded  shelter  to  our  men  in  passing  backward  and  forward. 

June  i /th..  toward  evening.  Assistant  Surgeon  Jewctt,  of  the 
Fourteenth,  was  sent  out  by  Colonel  Smyth,  commanding  the 
brigade,  with  a  number  of  pioneers,  under  the  protection  of  a 
flag  of  truce,  for  the  burial  of  the  dead  lying  between  our 
brigade  and  the  enemy.  This  was  in  consequence  of  an  arrange 
ment  entered  into  between  General  Grant  and  General  Lee.  Dr. 
Jewett  reported  that  he  was  politely  received,  and  afforded  every 
facility  in  the  execution  of  his  office,  by  a  staff  officer  of  General 
Martin,  who  commanded  the  brigade  of  the  enemy  opposite  us. 
( )n  the  evening  of  the  loth,  ofjune  our  brigade  was  relieved  by 
another,  and  we  withdrew  for  about  half  a  mile  to  the  rear,  to 
enjov  a  much-needed  rest. 

THKO.  G.  ELLIS, 

Colonel  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers. 
Brig.  Gen.  H.  J.  MORSF-:,  A.  G.,  State  of  Connecticut." 


CHAPTER  XIV. 
Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station. 

Before  dawn  of  the  i6th  of  June,  \ve  find  the  regiment  in 
front  of  Petersburg.  The  men  were  wearied,  jaded,  half  starved 
and  foot-sore.  'Hie  long  series  of  skirmishes  and  battles,  almost 
incessant  since  the  regiment  left  Stony  Mountain,  and  their  rapid 
march  to  reach  Petersburg  had  told  heavily  upon  the  physical 
condition  of  the  men.  Even  Colonel  Ellis  in  his  official  report 
;itters  the  first  complaint  regarding  the  severe  service  of  the  regi 
ment. 

Before  light  the  regiment,  in  company  with  the  brigade,  was 
ordered  to  charge  the  enemy's  line.  General  Hancock  pro 
tested  against  this,  saying  that  his  men  were  in  no  condition  to 
fight,  as  they  had  had  nothing  to  eat  in  several  days,  whereupon 
General  Butler,  having  command  of  the  colored  troops,  replied 
that  his  troops  had  one  days  rations  and  desired  that  they  should 
be  shared.  A  detail  of  the  regiment  was  then  sent  down  to  the 
colored  troops  and  boxes  of  hardtack  were  brought  up.  There 
was  not  time,  however,  to  divide  these  rations  among  the  men 
before  the  charge  was  ordered,  but  this  order  to  charge  was 
stayed  and  a  heavy  skirmish  line  was  advance;!.  There  was  a 
brisk  fight,  but  the  regiment  lost  only  one  man.  although  cap 
turing  some  prisoners.  With  an  unloaded  gun  Private  John 
Geatley  of  Company  A  in  this  advance  of  the  skirmish  line  cap 
tured  three  armed  rebels  and  brought  them  in  as  prisoners.  This 
brave  soldier  in  the  afternoon,  being  still  on  the  skirmish  line, 
wounded  two  of  the  enemy,  one  of  them  fatally.  The  regiment 
remained  on  the  line  during  the  night. 

The  next  morning,  the  I7th,  they  were  moved  to  the  left  t:> 
support  General  Barlow.  Here  they  remained  until  evening 
when  they  were  instructed  to  advance  their  line  nearer  the 
enemy's  position.  The  Eourteenth  did  this,  moving  through  a 

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Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  287 

morass  with  much  difficult v,  driving  back  the  Confederate  skir 
mish  line  and  retaining  their  advanced  position  for  several  hours 
under  a  severe  fire.  (  )wing  to  the  failure  of  two  other  regi 
ments  that  were  designed  to  connect  upon  the  left,  the  regiment 
was  ordered  by  the  brigade  commander  to  fall  back.  At  this 
time  the  regiment  numbered  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  men, 
about  thirty  being  away  drawing  rations,  leaving  but  one  hun 
dred  and  twenty  to  take  part  in  this  charge.  Although  the  firing 
was  severe,  the  loss  to  the  regiment  was  one  killed  and  four 
wi  umded. 

The  next  morning  the  brigade  was  advanced,  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment  being  in  the  second  line.  Upon  reaching  the  Con 
federate  breastworks,  they  found  them  abandoned.  Possession 
was  taken  of  these  breastworks  by  the  I  nion  troops,  these  works 
becoming  the  outer  line  of  the  I  nion  army  during  the  long 
-eige  of  Petersburg.  This  was  within  gun  shot  distance  of  the 
enemv's  line  and  was  about  the  point  where  Fort  Stedman  was 
later  established. 

Many  of  the  regiment  will  remember  an  incident  about  this 
time.  Approaching  a  small  unoccupied  house  a  screech  was 
heard  as  if  some  depredations  were  being  made  upon  a  hen 
roost.  It  was  discovered  that  a  solitary  hen  was  the  only  occu 
pant  of  the  house.  Xot  having  a  temperament  that  loved  the 
tumult  of  war  it  beat  a  hasty  retreat  toward  the  rebel  lines. 
She  was  fired  upon  by  several  of  the  boys,  the  firing  being  re 
sponded  to  on  the  Confederate  side  until  the  whole  line  was  in 
action.  Xo  one  was  reported  killed  and  this  "Battle  of  the  Flee 
ing  Hen"  has  never  been  placed  on  any  official  list  of  battles. 

\Ve  will  allow  Sergeant  XYade  to  tell  the  course  of  the  regi 
ment  at  this  point.  lie  says: — "Thursday,  June  inth,  was  a 
hard  and  bloody  day.  Ouite  a  skirmish  fight  took  place  in  the 
morning,  our  skirmishers  driving  the  enemy  into  their  rifle-pits, 
a  brisk  fire  was  kept  up  all  day  and  at  six  o'clock  our  forces 
on  the  left  made  a  terrible  charge.  For  three  hours  nothing 
could  be  heard  but  dreadful  cannonading  and  volleys  after 
volleys  of  musketry.  As  we  had  had  no  rations  for  three  days 
and  there  being  no  signs  of  our  teams  coming  up  that  night, 


288  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

our  general  borrowed  one  days  rations  of  the  Seventeenth  Army 
Corps,  but  late  at  night  our  teams  arrived  and  we  had  all  we 
wanted.  The  next  morning  we  moved  to  the  left  to  support  the 
First  Division.  Here  we  went  to  the  extreme  front  and  com 
menced  putting  up  breastworks.  At  night  the  troops  on  the  lelt 
made  an  advance  and  we  tried  the  same,  but  were  unsuccessful, 
as  there  were  but  three  regiments  of  us,  and  so  we  came  back 
to  our  works.  While  laving  there,  a  member  of  Company  F, 
Ovid  P.  Shaw,  was  shot  through  the  heart.  He  had  been  off 
drawing  rations,  had  just  returned  and  was  in  the  act  of  putting 
down  on  the  ground  a  blanket  full  of  hardtack,  when  lie  was 
shot.  He  had  been  with  the  regiment  but  about  a  week.  At 
twelve  o'clock  at  night  we  moved  back  a  short  distance  and  tried 
to  sleep.  I>ut  we  were  called  up  early  and  moved  to  the  right 
and  advanced  through  some  woods  a  little  wax's,  where  we 
halted  till  noon,  when  we  went  out  clear  to  the  front  and  sup 
ported  a  brigade  of  the  Fourth  Division,  Second  Corps,  while 
they  made  a  charge.  They  advanced  on  and  on  till  they  had 
got  near  the  enemy's  works,  when  they  rose  up  and  fired  into 
them,  and  so  murderous  was  their  volleys  that  they  had  io  come 
back  without  accomplishing  their  object.  A  great  many  were 
killed  and  wounded,  in  fact  the  held  where  they  crossed  to  make 
the  charge  was  covered  with  the  dead.  At  night  we  moved  ;• 
little  ways  to  the  left.  The  next  day,  Sunday,  everything  was 
quiet  and  no  charges  were  made.  The  boys  improved  every 
moment  of  the  dav  in  resting,  for  the  idea  of  getting  any  sleep 
nights  had  been  given  up  by  the  boys. 

Monday,  jure  20th,  we  were  relieved  toward  noon  by  tin- 
Sixth  Corps  and  went  back  a  couple  of  miles,  when  we  were  told 
to  put  up  our  tents,  as  we  might  stay  there  a  week  or  more.  So, 
of  course,  we  went  to  work  next  morning  and  had  just  got  our 
streets  nearly  laid  out  when  orders  came  to  pack  up,  and  at  ten 
o'clock  we  started  in  the  direction  of  the  \Yeldon  railroad.  It 
was  the  hottest  day  of  the  season  and  we  were  nearly  suffocated 
by  the  dust.  (  )ur  division  went  about  three  miles  and  then  came 
back  where  we  halted  for  the  night. 

June  22(1    we  moved  to  the  front  early  in  the  morning  and  put 


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up  sonic  breastworks.  During-  the  day  the  enemy  attacked  our 
extreme  right,  capturing  one  of  our  batteries  and  over  one  thou 
sand  prisoners.  They  shelled  us  dreadfully,  but  few  were  hit. 
\Ye  expected  an  attack  every  moment,  but  they  did  not  trouble 
us  again.  ( )n  Friday  we  were  relieved  by  the  Fifth  Corps  and 
went  back  some  two  miles  to  the  rear  in  a  piece  of  woods,  where 
we  made  ourselves  as  comfortable  as  we  could,  considering  the 
intensity  of  the  heat  and  the  dryness  of  everything,  we  having 
had  no  rain  for  twenty  days.  \Ye  stopped  here  till  Monday, 
June  2/th,  when  we  had  orders  to  move  at  eleven.  We  went 
some  two  miles  near  the  Petersburg  and  Norfolk  railroad  and 
then  went  on  about  three  miles  further  where  we  established  a 
division  picket  line.  It  was  only  a  five  mile  march,  but  it  did 
seem  as  if  we  should  all  die  before  we  got  to  a  stopping  place. 
The  sun  was  hot  and  quite  a  number  were  sunstruck.  \Ye  were 
in  the  rear  of  everything  and  were  supposed  to  be  out  there  to 
protect  our  supply  trains  from  attack  by  the  rebel  cavalry  and 
any  guerrillas  that  might  be  prowling  around.  There  were  (mite 
a  number  of  plantations  around  here,  and  plenty  of  hogs  cows, 
sheep,  geese  and  turkeys  which  were  confiscated  by  the  troops. 
The  inhabitants  had  mostly  cleared  out  and  left  what  they 
couldn't  carry  with  them,  which  came  very  handy  for  us.  Some 
of  their  provisions  they  had  put  in  barrels  and  hid  in  the  woods 
near-by,  but  soldiers'  eyes  are  ever  open  and  so,  while  prowling 
around  to  see  what  they  could  see,  came  across  a  lot  of  salt  shad, 
butter,  etc.,  and  we  lived  well  for  awhile.  \Ye  suffered  a  good 
deal  while  here  for  water  and  dug  several  wells  near  our  camp. 

Monday,  June  28th,  at  eleven  o'clock  we  had  orders  to  move 
-<_  ml  soon  were  on  the  go.  Went  some  two  miles  along  the  side 
of  the  Petersburg  and  Xorfolk  railroad  and  then  three  miles 
further  toward  the  front,  although  our  division  is  on  picket. 
June  2o,th  we  came  back  to  our  old  cam])  and  then  moved  from 
there  to  the  cam])  where  the  Sixth  Corps  had  been,  they  having 
gone  to  help  Sheridan.  We  stopped  here  until  July  2(1  when 
we  moved  about  a  mile  to  the  right  in  a  piece  of  woods.  Mon 
day,  Jnlv  4th,  we  had  a  dress  parade,  the  first  we  have  had  for 
ten  weeks.  The  band  came  to  the  regiment  and  it  seemed  good 


290  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

to  have  them  with  us,  if  only  for  a  little  while.  We  stopped 
ci round  here  until  July  i_|.th.  One  day  we  would  move  perhaps 
a  mile  to  the  right,  the  next  day  a  mile  to  the  left,  never  stopping 
in  any  one  place  but  a  day  or  two  at  a  time.  Friday,  July  I5th, 
we  marched  about  a  mile  to  the  rear  when  we  were  ordered  to 
clean  up  the  ground,  put  up  our  tents  in  good  shape,  raise  our 
bunks  about  a  foot  from  the  ground  and  make  ourselves  as  com 
fortable  as  possible.  We  worked  hard  all  day  and  got  our  tents 
up  and  bunks  made.  The  boys  went  to  bed  early  and  all  was 
still  when  at  eleven  o'clock  at  night  General  Smyth,  our  brigade 
commander,  rode  through  the  camp  and  cried  out  in  his  peculiar 
style,  'Fall  in  immediately,  with  your  equipments,  haversacks 
and  canteen  on'  and  in  eight  minutes  the  whole  brigade  of  eight 
regiments  were  in  motion.  We  didn't  know  but  the  whole  rebel 
army  were  upon  us,  but  soon  found  out  that  we  were  going  to 
destroy  a  fort  and  some  earthworks  that  we  captured  from  the 
enemy  when  we  first  came  here  and  that  were  of  no  use  to  us 
now.  We  worked  till  eight  o'clock  Saturday  morning,  when  we 
were  ordered  back,  having  done  our  work.  It  was  dreadful 
dusty  and  we  could  not  see  the  men  ahead  of  us.  Sunday,  July 
i/th,  we  had  a  detail  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  men  to 
go  out  on  fatigue  duty,  but  we  did  not  have  so  many  men,  and 
the  Adjutant  was  obliged  to  detail  some  sergeants  and  corporals 
to  act  as  privates.  We  started  for  our  work,  but  the  order  was 
counter-manded  after  we  had  gone  but  a  short  ways.  July  i()th 
was  a  hard  rainy  day,  the  first  we  had  had  for  six  weeks.  July 
2  ist  we  drew  potatoes,  beets,  turnips,  onions  and  pickles  from 
the  Sanitary  Commission.  They  had  previously  issued  good 
provisions  to  us  and  at  this  time  we  were  living  as  good  as  any 
one  could  ask.  July  22(1  we  marched  about  a  mile  to  the  left, 
and  put  up  our  tents  and  had  a  good  camp  in  the  woods.  \Ye 
stopped  here  till  Tuesday,  July  26th,  when  after  drawing  a  days 
rations,  we  started  on  the  march.  Went  about  two  miles  when 
we  stopped  and  drew  two  more  days  rations  and  then  traveled 
all  night  long,  crossing  the  Appomattox  River  at  four  o'clock 
Wednesday  morning,  making  twenty-five  miles  we  had  been 
since  four  o'clock  the  night  before.  It  seems  the  enemy  were 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  29  I 

Irving  to  get  around  our  flank,  but  the  Second  Corps  were  or 
dered  here.  The  enemy  attacked  the  First  Division  the  night 
before  we  arrived,  but  our  boys  drove  them  from  their  breast 
works  and  captured  four  of  their  twenty  pounders  and  many 
prisoners.  Wednesday  morning  early  we  crossed  the  James 
River  and  moved  into  some  breastworks  where  our  division  staid 
all  day.  We  were  close  to  the  banks  of  the  James.  A  large 
gun-boat  and  a  monitor  lay  in  the  river  near-by  and  every  little 
while  they  would  throw  some  thirty-two  pounders  over  to  the 
rebels  which  would  keep  them  pretty  low.  Thursday  our  divi 
sion  went  to  the  front.  We  shifted  our  position  several  times 
during  the  day,  and  at  night  moved  out  of  the  woods  into  an 
open  lot  and  camped  for  the  night.  We  stopped  here  Jill  just 
at  dark  Friday  night  when  we  packed  up  and  were  soon  crossing 
the  James,  having  received  orders  to  be  back  in  front  of  Peters 
burg  at  four  o'clock  the  next  morning.  What  a  dreadful  march 
that  was.  It  seemed  as  if  the  men  would  drop  down  dead,  but 
on  they  had  to  go,  there  being  a  Provost  Guard  in  rear  of  the 
corps,  driving  up  the  stragglers.  We  arrived  in  the  near  of 
Butler's  corps  in  time  to  support  him,  as  he  had  orders  to  make 
a  charge  early.  At  the  appointed  time  his  negroes  made  :i  grand 
charge,  blew  up  one  of  their  forts  and  took  quite  a  number  of 
prisoners.  Two  corps  lay  near  ready  to  advance,  but  no  order 
was  given,  and  so  we  lay  around  there  all  day,  and  at  night 
moved  to  our  camp  that  we  had  left  a  week  previous.  We  had 
had  about  as  hard  a  time  during  that  week  as  we  ever  did.  The 
next  clay  we  moved  about  a  mile  back  in  this  woods  and  during 
the  day  were  paid  for  six  months  service  which  came  verv  handy. 
We  stopped  around  here  until  August  12th  and  were  pretty  busy 
all  the  time  on  fatigue  duty,  making  roads,  putting  up  breast 
works  and  the  like.  We  had  got  our  camp  in  good  shape.  Each 
company  had  their  tents  in  a  line,  and  over  the  whole  an  arbor 
was  fixed  which  was  formed  of  boughs  and  leaves  to  protect  us 
from  the  sun.  But  notwithstanding  all  our  work  the  sun  would 
creep  in  and  the  flies  would  swarm  around  by  the  hundreds. 
Friday,  August  12th,  we  had  orders  at  noon  to  be  ready  to  move 
at  four  o'clock,  and  at  the  time  appointed  commenced  marching. 


292  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

At  about  nine  o'clock  we  reached  City  Point  and  rested  for  the 
night  and  the  next  day  till  dark,  when  \ve  took  a  transport  for 
Deep  I>ottom,  arriving  there  at  six  o'clock  Sunday  morning.  At 
eight  o'clock  we  got  off  the  transport  and  lay  around  the  hank 
of  the  river  until  ten  o'clock  when  we  were  ordered  to  the  front." 
Assistant  Surgeon  Le-vi  Jewett  gives  an  interesting  account 
of  the  siege  of  Petersburg.  lie  says:— "The  fourteenth  Regi 
ment  left  Cold  Harbor  after  participating  in  that  unfortunate 
affair.  \Ye  pulled  out  of  the  trenches  on  the  night  of  June  loth, 
1864,  being  careful  not  to  alarm  the  rebels,  who  were  within  a 
few  yards  of  us,  ready  to  tire  if  thev  should  detect  our  move 
ment.  Not  a  word  was  spoken  above  a  whisper — no  rattling  of 
canteens,  coffee  pots,  bayonets  or  equipments  and  we  moved 
silently  off  into  the  darkness  of  the  night.  (  )ne  solitary  shell 
was  fired  high  over  us,  leaving  a  trail  of  fire  like  a  rainbow  as 
we  moved  out,  showing  that  the  enemy  were  on  the  alert  and  were 
suspicious  that  something  was  going  on,  but  we  got  away  with 
out  any  disturbance.  \Ye  marched  with  the  long  line  of  the  2nd 
Corps,  through  the  Chickahominy  section  and  made  no  stop  till 
about  noon  of  the  next  day  when  we  reached  the  James  River, 
which  we  crossed  on  a  pontoon  bridge  two  thousand  feet  long, 
ever  water  eighty  feet  deep.  den.  \Yarren  with  the  Fifth  Corps 
followed  close  behind  us  and  a  whole  day  was  required  for  the 
army  to  cross,  although  several  steamboats  were  there  to  assist. 
\Ye  had  a  long  march  of  many  miles  to  Petersburg  which  we 
reached  in  the  night.  Some  unsuccessful  attempts  hnd  been 
made  to  capture  it  before  our  arrival  and  the  small  rebel  force 
continued  to  hold  it.  It  was  Gen.  Grant's  intention  to  capture 
the  city  before  it  could  be  re-inforced,  which  would  cut  off  the 
railroads  which  furnished  supplies  to  Richmond.  Gen.  Lee  was 
equal  to  the  occasion,  however,  for  he  soon  had  his  whole  army 
there  and  rapidly  fortified  it  so  that  it  resisted  all  our  attacks 
upon  it  for  a  long  time  and  we  settled  ourselves  down  for  a  long 
siege.  Gen.  Grant  soon  had  his  whole  army  of  a  hundred 
thousand  men  spread  out  in  a  semi-circle  south  of  the  city  and 
earth-works  and  forts  were  built  which  involved  much  hard  work- 
in  the  hot  sun,  and  a  great  deal  of  work  in  the  night.  The 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  293 

Fourteenth  Regiment  occupied  Fort  McGilvery  near  the  right 
of  the  line,  which  was  also  occupied  by  a  battery  of  the  First 
Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery.  The  roofs  and  spires  of  the  city 
were  plainly  visible  and  we  were  much  interested  in  watching  the 
effect  of  the  shells  as  they  were  fired  into  the  city  and  to  see 
them  explode  among  the  rebel  works.  They  sent  back  as  many 
as  we  sent  in  and  we  found  it  necessary  to  dodge  them  and  to 
jump  to  cover  when  the  word  was  given.  \Ye  were  soon  moved 
to  Fort  Stedmen,  a  short  distance  to  the  left  and  occupied  a 
breastwork  and  were  kept  busy  sharp  shooting  with  the  rebs  who 
were  only  a  few  rods  away,  and  we  were  obliged  to  lie  low  for 
safety.  We  were  moved  several  times  to  places  where  the  line 
needed  re-enforcing  or  when  an  attack  was  expected  or  to  sup- 
]  oil  a  batter}',  or  to  go  on  skirmish  line  or  picket  or  to  take  part 
in  an  attack,  and  were  always  on  duty.  \Ye  had  continuous 
hard  work  or  fighting  during  the  whole  siege,  occupying  differ 
ent  places  on  the  whole  front  of  six  miles.  \Ye  were  in  one 
heavy  battle  at  the  extreme  left  at  Hatcher's  run  where  an  unsuc 
cessful  attempt  was  made  to  secure  the  South  Side  Railroad. 

Twice  during  the  siege  we  were  sent  twenty  miles  up  to  Deep 
liottom  on  the  Xorth  side  of  the  James  River  to  threaten  Rich 
mond  from  that  direction  and  had  considerable  fighting  with  the 
enemy,  capturing  a  battery  and  some  prisoners.  I  remember  the 
long  march  we  had  <  n  the  night  of  the  2<jth  of  July  coming 
back  to  Petersburg  just  in  time  for  the  great  mine  explosion. 
\Ye  were  to  be  rushed  in  to  support  the  attack  if  it  had  been 
successful,  but  as  it  failed  we  took  no  part  in  it.  Day  after  day 
and  week  after  week,  the  siege  went  on  and  we  had  but  little 
rest,  being  always  under  fire  and  ready  to  attack  if  there  was  an 
opportunity.  The  worst  fight  which  we  had  during  the  siege 
was  at  Ream's  Station  on  the  Weldon  railroad  ten  miles  below 
the  city.  \Ye  were  sent  down  with  (Jen.  Hancock  and  a  portion 
of  the  Second  Corps  about  10,000  strong,  to  destroy  the  railroad 
which  supplied  the  rebel  capital.  \Ye  pulled  out  of  the  entrench 
ments  the  night  of  August  22nd  and  marched  off  to  the  South. 
The  country  through  which  we  passed  had  not  been  devastated  by 
\\  ar  and  the  crops  were  growing  and  the  farms  and  plantations 


294  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

were  in  good  order,  principally  occupied  by  women  and  children 
and  slaves.  Scarcely  a  white  man  was  to  be  seen  as  all  who 
were  able,  were  off  with  the  army,  fighting  the  Yankees.  \Ye 
did  not  disturb  private  property  or  annoy  the  inhabitants.  If 
any  plundering  was  done  it  was  by  stragglers  or  deserters,  but 
occasionally  a  wandering  pig  or  an  innocent  calf  or  an  unsus 
pecting  lamb  or  a  simple  minded  goose  found  its  way  into  the 
soldiers'  camp  kettles.  Apples  and  squashes  and  green  corn  and 
garden  vegetables  were  abundant.  ( )ur  men  ate  quantities  of 
green  corn,  boiled  or  roasted  and  seemed  to  thrive  on  it.  Most 
of  such  things  though  are  usually  gobbled  up  by  the  Cavalry  who 
are  always  raiding  and  scouting  through  the  country  so  that 
there  is  but  little  left  for  the  infantry  men.  (  )ur  horses  lived  on 
the  luxuriant  grass  which  they  preferred  to  the  quarter-master's 
grain. 

We  reached  the  Welclon  railroad  at  "Reams"  on  the  24th  and 
went  right  to  work  tearing  up  the  track,  burning  everything 
combustible  and  heated  the  iron  rails  so  they  could  not  be  used 
again.  A  long  line  of  smoking  fires  were  soon  seen  up  and 
down  the  road  and  several  miles  were  destroyed  as  thousands  of 
men  were  engaged  in  the  work.  We  soon  ruined  the  half 
mile  assigned  to  our  regiment  and  then  we  rested  watching 
the  long  line  of  smoking  fires  extending  off  toward  North 
Carolina.  We  were  expecting  the  enemy  to  come  and  try  to 
drive  us  off,  and  we  kept  pickets  out  in  front  to  watch,  and 
some  loaded  cannon  ready  to  give  them  a  reception,  but  they 
did  not  come  that  day.  We  also  burned  a  large  machine 
shop,  a  blacksmith  shop,  a  water  tank,  with  the  railroad  build 
ings  and  cut  down  the  telegraph  poles  and  felled  trees  across  the 
track.  Cotton  and  corn  and  sweet  potatoes  and  peanuts  appeared 
to  be  cultivated  quite  extensively,  also  a  tall  kind  of  corn  which 
they  call  sugar  cane,  but  which  T  think  is  sorghum.  When  night 
came  on  we  tried  to  get  a  little  rest,  expecting  to  jump  up  at  the 
sound  of  the  "long  roll,"  but  were  not  disturbed.  I  slept  on  a 
rubber  blanket  between  two  rows  of  corn  which  formed  a  kind 
of  cradle  so  I  could  not  fall  out.  The  dew  was  heavy  and  the 
grass  dripped  as  though  wet  bv  rain.  (  )ur  guns  were  stacked 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  295 

in  rows  in  front  of  us  ready  for  immediate  use  and  we  were 
called  at  three  in  the  morning  and  had  coffee  and  hardtack  and 
bacon  before  sunrise.  All  these  things  are  impressed  on  mv 
memory  as  it  was  my  last  day  with  the  army  and  I  was  destined 
to  be  wounded  and  disabled  before  night.  In  the  afternoon  the 
expected  attack  came.  ( ien.  Lee  had  become  aware  of  what  was 
going  on  and  had  sent  a  large  force  to  drive  us  off.  The  woods 
were  thick  in  our  front  so  that  the  enemy  could  not  be  seen, 
and  we  only  learned  of  their  approach  by  our  scouts  and  nickels. 
\Ve  also  knew  they  were  coming  by  the  trightened  birds  flying 
toward  us  and  the  startled  squirrels,  rabbits  and  small  game 
scurrying  in  our  direction,  showing  that  the  line  of  battle  was 
sweeping  all  before  it.  Soon  the  battle  was  on  with  the  sudden 
ness  of  a  clap  of  thunder.  The  crackling  of  the  musketry  was 
continuous  mingled  with  the  heavier  sound  of  the  cannon,  the 
sin  nits  of  the  officers  and  above  all  was  the  shrill  and  continuous 
"rebel  yell"  punctuated  by  their  rapid  footsteps,  showing  that 
they  came  into  the  right  on  the  run.  It  was  a  time  of  terror  and 
it  seemed  impossible  for  our  men  to  hold  their  line  against  such 
a  fierce  assault.  They  fought  well  till  they  sa\v  the  rebel  line 
extending  around  their  flank  and  to  their  rear  when  they  had 
to  fall  back  slowly  and  in  good  order,  firing  as  they  went,  fust 
at  this  time  I  was  struck  down  by  a  fragment  of  shell  and  was 
taken  a  short  distance  to  the  rear  just  in  time  tc  escape  being 
run  over  by  the  enemy.  ( )ur  retreat  was  brief  as  darkness 
came  on  and  the  fighting  ceased.  In  the  night  the  rebels  with 
drew  leaving  us  in  possession  of  the  railroad,  which  they  never 
occupied  again  during  the  war.  I  was  conveyed  to  City  Point 
m  an  ambulance  where  I  received  excellent  surgical  care  and  was 
then  sent  to  Washington  by  hospital  boat.  I  did  not  see  the 
regiment  again  till  I  came  to  Hartford  after  the  war  closed. 

After  the  battle  of  Ream's  Station  the  Fourteenth  rejoined  the 
army  and  continued  to  perform  active  and  useful  service  during 
the  fall  and  winter.  They  were  present  when  Lee's  army  left 
Petersburg  and  took  part  in  the  memorable  pursuit  which  ended 
with  the  surrender  at  Appomattox  and  the  close  of  the  war." 


296  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  the  killed,  wounded  and  missing 
from  June  i  itli  to  July  6th,  [864:— 

''Company  A.  Killed,  Private,  William  P>radshaw,  near  Peter- 
burg,  \  a.,  June  i(>th;  wounded,  Private,  John  11.  Fountain, 
head,  slight,  near  Petersburg,  June  i8th. 

Company  B.  Wounded,  Privates,  John  Doyle,  hi]),  slight,  near 
Petersburg,  June  i/th,  Jair.es  Hays,  head,  slight,  near  Peters 
burg,  June  20th. 

Company  1).  Wounded,  1st  Sergeant,  Flbert  F.  Hyde,  head, 
severely,  near  Petersburg,  June  i/th.  Corporals,  William  11.  Cor- 
hitt,  arm  and  side,  (since  died)  near  Petersburg,  June  i/th, 
James  I>.  Shepard,  leg,  severely,  near  Petersburg,  June  i/tb,  John 
H.  Bilson,  arm,  severely,  near  Petersburg,  June  22(1. 

Company  F.  Wounded,  Corporal,  Francis  Gallagher,  hand, 
slight,  near  Petersburg,  June  i/th. 

Company  F.  Killed.  Private,  Ovid  P.  Shaw,  near  Petersburg, 
June  i/th. 

Company  ( i.  Killed.  Private,  James  Brown,  (Old  Harbor, 
June  gth,  missing.  Private,  Peter  Hughes,  neat  Petersburg,  June 
i/th. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  Private,  Peter  (Iray,  head,  severely, 
near  Petersburg,  June  i8th,  missing.  Private,  John  Smith,  n-.v 
Petersburg,  June  22(1." 

The  following  is  the  report  of  Captain  John  C.  Broatch,  cov 
ering  the  fifth  epoch  : — 

"Headquarters     Fourteenth     Connecticut     Volunteers, 

August  7th.,  1864. 
Lieutenant  :— 

FIFTH  EPOCH. 

Upon  the  I2th  of  June  leave  Cold  I  [arbor  and  march,  via 
Long  Bridge,  to  Charles  City  Court-House,  on  the  James.  Cross 
the  James  upon  transports  at  Wilcox's  Landing  in  the  night  of 
the  I4th,  and  the  next  day  march  toward  Petersburg  where  the 
enemy  is  again  in  our  front,  arriving  near  that  place  in  the  even 
ing  of  the  1 5th.  Advance  our  skirmish  line  upon  the  morning  of 
;he  1 6th,  driving  the  skirmishers  upward  of  half  a  mile  and  cap 
turing  some  prisoners.  Our  loss  one  man  killed.  On  the  I7th  of 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  297 

June  we  are  moved  toward  the  left  of  the  line,  with  instructions 
to  support  General  Harlow's  division.  Construct  works  in  front 
of  the  enemy,  but  toward  night  are  ordered  to  advance  our  line 
still  nearer.  This  was  done  with  good  success,  a  position  being 
occupied  not  much  over  fifty  yards  from  the  enemy's  works. 
This  was  held  for  several  hours,  until,  owing"  to  a  failure  of 
other  troops  upon  the  left  to  connect,  our  brigade  was  ordered 
lo  withdraw.  Upon  the  morning  of  the  i8th  of  June  moved 
Mpon  the  enemy's  works  farther  to  the  right,  but  found  htem  de 
serted,  merely  a  thin  skirmish  line  having  been  left  to  check  our 
advance.  Wednesday,  July  27  (Tuesday.  26th).  1864,  received 
marching  orders  and  at  3:30  P.  M.  march  toward  Xew  Market 
on  the  James  River,  arriving  there  upon  the  following  morning, 
having  crossed  in  our  route  the  Appomattox  River  at  Point  of 
Rocks  and  the  James  at  Dee])  I'ottom.  Upon  the  28th  of  Julv 
our  division  is  moved  out  to  support  the  cavalry,  but  the  Four 
teenth  is  not  engaged  with  the  enemy.  That  night  are  ordered 
to  construct  a  line  of  French  rifle-pits.  At  dusk  upon  the  2<)th 
move  quietly  out  of  our  position  and  march  back  toward  Peters 
burg,  reaching  a  point  near  that  place  before  daylight  upon  fclie 
following  morning.  Julv  3Otli  all  this  day  remained  massed  be 
hind  a  hill  ready  to  support  any  attack,  if  called  upon.  At  night 
returned  to  our  old  cam])  upon  the  left  and  rear  of  the  position 
held  by  our  ;>rmy. 

I  am.  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 
JOHN  C.  P.ROATCII, 

Captain  Commanding. 
Lieutenant  T.  F.  Parsons, 

Acting  Assistant  Adjutant-  ( leneral." 

The   following   is  the  report  of   Colonel   Theodore   G.   Ellis  to 
ilie  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 

Washington,  1).  C.,  August  <jth,  1864. 
Brigadier-General  H.  J.  MORSE, 

Adjutant-General   State  of  Connecticut. 

General : — 

A  little  after  dark,  upon  the   I2th,  our  regiment,  with  the  rest 
of  the  corps,  left  Cold  Harbor  and  commenced  our  march  to \varl 


298  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

the  south  side  of  Richmond.  We  reached  Charles  City  Court 
House,  upon  the  James  River,  after  marching  uninterruptedly, 
that  night  and  all  the  next  day,  and  until  ten  o'clock  on  the 
night  of  the  14th. 

Upon  the  I5th  marched  towards  Petersburg,  near  which  place 
\ve  arrived  at  about  ten  P.  M. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  ifrth  the  skirmishers  of  our  bri 
gade  advanced  upon  the  enemy,  driving  their  skirmishers  back 
for  upwards  of  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  and  obtaining  a  much  better 
position,  besides  capturing  about  fifty  prisoners.  Our  loss  wa^ 
very  small.  Private  John  ( ieatley,  Company  A,  in  this  advance. 
captured  three  armed  rebels,  and  brought  them  in  as  prisoners, 
with  an  unloaded  gun.  In  the  afternoon,  upon  the  skirmish  line, 
the  same  man  wounded  two  rebels,  one  of  them  apparently 
fatally. 

Upon  the  i/th  of  June  our  brigade  was  moved  to  the  left 
with  instructions  to  support  General  liarloxv's  Division.  At 
night,  we  were  instructed  to  advance  our  line  nearer  to  the 
enemy's  position.  The  regiment  did  this  in  good  style,  moving 
forward  through  a  dense  and  thickly  wooded  swamp,  driving 
in  the  enemy's  skirmishers,  and  taking  up  a  position  about  fifty 
yards  in  front  of  their  line,  and  opening  upon  them  an  effective 
fire.  \Ye  held  this  position  for  two  or  three  hours,  when,  owing 
to  the  failure  of  troops  upon  the  left  to  connect,  we  were  ordered 
by  our  brigade  commander  to  withdraw.  At  the  time  when  this 
advance  was  made,  a  detail  of  some  thirty  men  was  absent, 
drawing  rations,  leaving  but  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  men 
to  go  forward.  Our  loss  was  only  one  killed  and  four  wounded. 

On  the  following  morning  our  brigade  was  massed  for  a 
charge,  the  Fourteenth  being  placed  in  the  second  line.  Upon 
advancing,  it  was  found  that  the  enemy  had  avacuated  the  line 
of  works  in  our  front,  falling  back  to  a  stronger  position. 

Upon  both  of  these  occasions,  the  conduct  of  officers  and  men 
was  excellent. 

Since  June  i/th  our  regiment  has  not  been  engaged  with  the 
enemy,  though  one  or  two  men  have  been  wounded  by  the 
enemy's  sharp-shooters,  and  we  have  twice  been  shelled  by  their 


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batteries.      \Ye    have,    however,    borne   an    efficient    part   in    con 
structing  the   works,  and   in   the  various   siege   operations   which 
will  yet  give  us   Petersburg,  and  render  the  rebel  capital  unten 
able.' 

\Ve  number  nmv  about  fourteen  officers  and  one  hundred  and 
sixty  men.  having  been  somewhat  increased  in  strength  by  the 
return  of  men  from  the  hospital,  exchanged  prisoners,  etc., 

Very  respectfully,   vour  obedient  servant, 
TIIKODOKI-:  ( 1.  ELLIS, 

Colonel  Fourteenth  C.  V." 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  says: — "( )n  August  i-ith.  1864,  T 
was  in  command  of  Smyth's  Brigade,  consisting  of  ten  regiments, 
by  order  of  (General  Hancock,  corps  commander.  I  was  ordered 
to  march  from  the  roar  of  Petersburg  to  Citv  Point,  where  five 
steamers  were  awaiting  us.  My  orders  were  to  sail  down  the 
river  until  twelve  o'clock  at  night,  then  open  my  sealed  orders, 
which  directed  me  to  turn,  go  back  up  the  river,  as  far  as  I 
could  and  land.  At  daylight  August  15th,  1864,  we  were  at 
Deep  Bottom  where  the  enemy  opened  on  us.  I  gave  orders  to 
fall  back  to  a  ravine  where  we  disembarked  and  formed  a  line  of 
battle  awaiting  furthers  orders.  ( leneral  Hancock  with  the  rest 
of  the  corps  reached  Deep  Bottom  about  ten  o'clock,  having 
marched  across  the  country.  The  ( ieneral  gave  me  orders  to  send 
the  steamers  back  to  City  Point.  I  was  then  relieved  by  Colonel 
Pierce  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xew  York  Volunteers. 
I  returned  to  my  regiment  and  was  in  command  at  the  battle  of 
Deep  Botttom.  August  I5th  and  inth. 

The  regiment  now  approaches  the  skirmishes  at  Deep  Bottom. 
.About  daylight  of  August  15th  the  regiment  was  ordered  to 
form  a  skirmish  line  to  relieve  a  skirmish  line  of  the  Third  Divi 
sion.  As  the  course  lay  across  a  plain,  they  were  open  to  an  at 
tack  by  the  enemy  much  more  than  if  they  had  moved  out  before 
daylight.  The  enemy  was  intrenched  upon  hills  which  skirted 
ihe  edge  of  this  plain.  To  avoid  the  inevitable  slaughter  which 
would  have  occurred  if  the  regiment  had  gone  down  in  a  body, 


300  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

detachments  of  six  or  eight  were  sent  out  at  a  time  taking  a 
i-igzag  course  to  avoid  the  Confederate  shot.  At  least  two-thirds 
of  the  men  were  required  to  relieve  the  line,  the  remainder  of  the 
regiment  forming  a  reserve  and  heing  posted  in  the  rear  of  the 
center.  During  the  rest  of  the  day  and  the  day  following  there  was 
continual  fire  kept  up.  but  the  men  being  protected  b\  barricades  of 
rails  no  one  was  injured.  ( )n  the  afternoon  of  the  loth  it  seemed 
to  be  the  purpose  of  the  commanding  generals  to  draw  the  atten 
tion  of  the  enemy  from  movements  designed  at  other  parts  of  the 
line.  The  regiment  was  ordered  forward  across  a  plain  along 
the  edge  of  which  skirted  a  cornfield.  They  succeeded  in  driv 
ing  in  the  enemy's  skirmishers  and  remained  in  this  position  until 
evening  when  they  were  relieved  bv  another  regiment. 

\\ 'bile  laying  here  at  Deep  Bottom  on  what  is  known  as  Straw 
berry  Plains  a  Confederate  fort  located  on  a  hill  near  the  position 
of  the  Fourteenth  annoyed  the  Union  gun-boats  that  lay  in  the 
river.  A  detail  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  sharp-shooters  was 
sent  out  to  silence  this  gun.  They  went  out  about  half  past  nine 
in  the  morning  and  so  thoroughly  did  thev  do  their  work  that 
the  gun  did  not  speak  again  that  day,  the  sharp-shooters  firing 
being  so  accurate  that  the  men  could  mot  move  to  man  the  guns. 
A  rebel  officer  who  was  in  the  fort  at  the  time  told  a  member 
of  the  regiment  in  later  years  that  every  movement  of  the  men 
in  the  fort  drew  out  the  most  accurate  fire  from  the  sharp 
shooters. 

About  this  time  the  regiment  had  a  repetition  of  their  old 
experience.  Eighty-six  new  recruits  were  added  to  the  regiment, 
but  there  being  no  muskets  for  them,  they  were  left  on  the  bank 
of  the  river  at  Dee])  Bottom  under  command  of  Captain  Simp 
son.  When  the  fighting  was  over,  it  was  found  that  thirty  of 
them  had  left  for  parts  unknown. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  killed  and  wounded  at  Deep  Bot 
tom  :— 

"Company  A.  Wounded,  Private,  Henry  Phillips,  arm, 
severly. 

Company  B.  Wounded,  Private,  William  \V.  Miller,  side, 
(since  died.) 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  30 1 

Company  F.     Wounded,  Private,  James  Warren,  hip,  slight. 

Company  I.  Killed,  Private,  William  X.  Bartlett,  August 
1 1  5th  ;  wounded.  Private,  J.  P>.  Kirby,  arm,  severely. 

Coni])any  K.  Wounded,  Privates,  Calvin  Lamphere,  back, 
slight,  Fdward  Regnev,  foot,  slight,  did  not  leave  the  regiment." 

The  following  is  the  report  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  A.  Moore 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 

"Headquarters    Fourteenth     Connecticut     Volunteers, 

August  - oth ,   1 864. 
Brigadier-General  HORACK  ].  MOKSK, 

Adjutant-General   State  of  Connecticut. 
General  :— 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following1  official  report  of 
the  skirmish  near  Deep  Bottom  north  of  the  James  River,  \  a., 
on  the  1 6th  day  of  the  present  month. 

About  daylight  on  the  morning  of  the  15th,  I  was  ordered  to 
take  my  regiment  and  relieve  a  portion  of  the  skirmish  line  held 
bv  the  Third  Division  of  our  corps.  This  order  could  have  been 
executed  with  less  difficulty  had  it  reached  us  before  daylight. 
for  the  skirmish  line  was  in  the  middle  of  an  open  plain,  at  the 
foot  of  a  low  range  of  hills,  upon  which  the  enemy  were  en 
trenched.  The  line  however  was  relieved  with  but  small  loss 
upon  our  part,  the  men  being  sent  down  in  detachments  of  from 
four  to  six  at  a  time. 

It  took  about  two-thirds  of  our  men  to  relieve  the  line.  A 
•  eserve  was  formed  of  the  remainder,  which  was  posted  in  the 
woods  in  rear  of  the  center.  During  the  rest  of  the  day  and  upon 
the  morning  of  the  day  following,  constant  tiring  was  kept  up  by 
both  parties,  but  as  our  men  were  well  protected  by  rails  which 
had  been  piled  up  into  a  slight  barricade,  no  one  of  them  was 
hurt. 

l/pon  the  afternoon  of  the  i6th  it  was  deemed  advisable  to 
attract  the  attention  of  the  enemy  at  this  point,  while  important 
movements  were  taking  place  upon  another  part  of  the  line. 

The  Fourteenth  was  ordered  to  move  forward  across  the  open 
plain,  mentioned  above,  to  the  edge  of  a  narrow7  cornfield  which 


302  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

bordered  the  enemy's  works.  This  was  done  in  good  style.  The 
line  went  forward  upon  the  double-quick,  under  a  sharp  fire  of 
both  musketry  and  artillery,  and  occupied  the  position  assigned  to 
it,  driving  in  the  enemy's  skirmishers.  The  reserve  was  now 
brought  up  under  cover  of  the  woods  to  a  point  near  the  left  of 
our  line,  and  in  this  position  the  regiment  remained  until  after 
dark,  when  we  were  relieved  by  another  regiment. 

This  movement  was  designed  only  to  draw  the  attention  of  the 
enemy  from  other  points,  and  in  this  was  entirely  successful.  It 
called  forth  expressions  of  satisfaction,  both  from  our  brigade 
and  division  commanders,  under  whose  immediate  superintend 
ence  it  was  executed. 

Very  respectfully. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

S.  A.  MOORK, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  commanding  regiment." 

According  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore,  the  regiment  left 
Deep  Hottom  on  the  morning  of  August  iSth  when  they  were 
moved  back  to  Petersburg  and  then  sent  forward  to  support  the 
Fifth  Corps.  The  march  had  been  very  exhausting,  the  roads 
having  a  most  liberal  supply  of  Virginia  mud  and  the  men  having 
little  time  to  cook  coffee  or  rest.  Here  they  remained  until 
.vugust  22(\  and  assisted,  with  the  brigade,  in  supporting  the 
Fifth  Corps  when  the  line  of  march  was  taken  toward  Ream's 
Station,  reaching  there  on  the  morning  of  the  24th.  They  were 
engaged  during  the  dav  in  tearing  up  the  \Veldon  railroad,  the 
great  artery  of  supplies  for  the  Confederate  army.  The  manner 
of  tearing  up  this  railroad  was  unique.  After  lifting  a  generous 
length  of  road,  the  rails  were  taken  from  the  sleepers,  the  latter 
being  piled  up  in  cob  house  style  upon  which  the  rails  were 
placed.  The  sleepers  were  then  fired,  heating  the  rails  so  their 
weight  would  bend  them  in  the  middle.  It  was  a  source  of  de 
light  to  the  men  of  the  Fifth  Corps  to  take  these  rails  in  their 
heated  condition,  twisting  one  about  another  and  forming  a 
Maltese  cross,  their  corps  badge.  The  Fourteenth  Regiment  men 
could  hardly  do  this  as  the  rails  could  not  be  twisted  into  the 
shape  of  the  trefoil. 


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During-  the  evening'  the  officers  had  a  merry  time,  hardly 
aware  of  what  the  coming  day  would  disclose.  It  is  a  remark 
able  fact  that  upon  the  eve  of  this  tragic  affair  at  Ream's  Station 
every  one  of  the  captains  were  present  with  their  companies,  a 
fact  unprecedented  since  the  battle  of  Antietam.  Of  this  number 
of  ten  captains  one-half  were  killed,  wounded  or  missing. 

( )n  the  morning  of  the  25th  of  August  four  companies  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment,  under  command  of  Captain  Broatch,  were 
advanced  as  skirmishers.  The  remainder  of  the  Fourteenth,  in 
connection  with  the  brigade,  advanced  in  support  of  the  skirm 
ish  line  when  suddenly  there  was  firing  in  front  and  Colonel 
Symth  decided  to  fall  back  to  their  former  position  near  the 
station  to  avoid  being  cut  off.  This  was  done  under  the  protec 
tion  of  a  piece  of  woods.  Here  the  main  body  of  the  corps  was 
drawn  up  in  line  of  battle. 

Sergeant  C.  G.  Ulatchley  graphically  describes  the  situation  at 
this  point.  He  says: — "We  had  here  two  divisions  of  the  Sec 
ond  Corps.  The  enemy,  we  believed,  outnumbered  us  three  to 
one.  We  acted  on  the  defensive  solely.  Our  position  was 
nearly  in  the  shape  of  a  horseshoe  pointed  at  the  end.  ( )ur  divi 
sion  occupied  one  side  and  the  other,  the  other.  General  Han 
cock  posted  his  cannon  in  the  point  and  on  the  railroad  side. 
Down  the  center  of  the  horseshoe  ran  a  depression,  ending  back 
of  a  little  church,  in  a  swamp.  I  belonged  to  the  second  division 
which  held  what  would  have  been  called  the  rear  line.  Tt  faced 
the  opposite  way  from  the  railroad  and  we  were  consequently 
back  to  back,  with  the  space  perhaps  of  two  hundred  yards  be 
tween  us.  (  )ur  brave  men  on  the  railroad  held  their  position 
against  four  or  rive  fearful  charges  by  overwhelming  numbers 
and  were  only  driven  out  when  their  ammunition  was  all  gone." 

Mr.  lilatclilev  further  says: — "When  at  last  the  railroad  line 
gave  way,  we  were  called  from  our  line  to  this  side  to  repel  the 
charge,  and  facing  about  we  countercharged  over  the  little  'V 
shaped  battle  ground  to  meet  the  oncoming  foe.  In  the  tempest 
of  conflict  that  followed,  organizations  almost  disappeared. 
When  near  night  the  attempt  was  made  to  reform  a  part  of  the 
line  and  till  up  a  gap  in  what  had  been  our  original  line.  Gen- 


304  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

era!  Smyth  called  for  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  Xe\v  York 
and  the  colonel  responded,  '1  am  here,  (General,  hut  L  have  no 
regiment/  To  the  call  for  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut,  perhaps 
ten  of  us  responded  'here.'  In  obedience  to  the  order,  with  per 
haps  a  score  of  others,  \ve  dashed  into  the  gap,  to  be  swept  as 
quickly  out  of  it  by  the  enfilading  fire  which  the  enemy  at  that 
moment  poured  in  from  the  toe  of  the  horseshoe. 

Amid  the  blinding  flashes  of  a  terrible  thunderstorm  in  one  of 
the  darkest  nights  1  think  1  ever  saw,  both  sides  retreated  and 
we  lost,  besides  a  great  number  of  men,  all  our  artillery  but  one 
single  gun  that  a  little  party,  of  which  I  was  one,  pulled  out  by 
hand  in  that  driving  storm.  These  were  the  first  cannon  that 
the  Second  Corps  ever  lost  and  it  is  said  that  ( ieneral  Hancock 
sat  at  the  root  of  a  tree  beside  the  road  that  night,  the  picture 
of  distress  over  the  disaster." 

The  regiment  falling  back  began  making  breastworks,  but  be 
fore  they  were  completed  the  cavalry  skirmishers  directly  in  front 
were  driven  in.  This  was  followed  by  a  third  attack  by  the 
enemy  made  upon  a  portion  of  the  line  directlv  in  the  rear  of 
the  regiment.  These  were  mostly  heavy  artillery  regiment,  com 
posed  largely  of  raw  recruits,  broke  their  line  and  the  enemy  en 
tered  the  gap.  The  Fourteenth  was  ordered  bv  (ieneral  ( libbons 
to  reform  the  line.  They  went  forward  on  the  double-quick 
facing  the  terrible  fire  of  musketry  and  artillery.  The  left  wing 
of  the  regiment  succeeded  in  retaking  this  line  which  had  been 
broken  and  retained  it  until  nightfall.  The  right  wing,  after  los 
ing  heavily,  was  compelled  to  fall  back  to  its  original  position. 
This  it  held  until  about  dark  when  they  were  surrounded  on 
three  sides  by  a  heavy  fire  and  it  was  forced  with  the  rest  of  the 
division  to  fall  back  and  make  new  breastworks.  During  that 
night  the  Second  Corps  was  marched  back  to  the  defense  of 
Petersburg. 

The  engagement  had  indeed  been  a  severe  one  for  the  Four 
teenth  Regiment  and  the  loss  heavy.  It  carried  into  the  fight 
seventeen  officers  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  armed  men.  It  lost 
in  killed  one  captain  and  four  men,  three  captains,  the  assistant 
surgeon  and  fourteen  men  wounded  and  one  captain,  one  licute:i- 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  305 

ant  and  twenty-six  enlisted  men  missing,  leaving  to  the  regiment 
after  the  engagement  ten  officers  and  one  hundred  and  six  enlisted 
men.  We  have  already  noted  that  the  evening  before  every  cap 
tain  of  the  regiment  was  on  duty  and  that  five  of  them  were 
either  killed,  wounded  or  missing  during  the  engagement.  These 
were  Captain  William  H.  Hawley  who  was  temporarily  on  Col 
onel  Smyth's  brigade  staff  and  who  was  killed  instantly,  Cap 
tains  Simpson,  Nickels,  Hrigham  and  Assistant  Surgeon  Jewett 
wounded  and  Captain  Lee  and  Lieutenant  Moore  taken  prisoners. 

Of  the  rescue  of  Captain  Nickels  Sergeant  Henry  Lydall  of 
Company  F  gives  an  interesting  account  as  follows : — 

"In  the  afternoon  of  August  25th,  1864,  during  a  charge  upon 
the  Confederate  batteries  on  the  battle-field  of  Ream's  Station, 
our  advancing  line  suddenly  broke  and  retreated,  overwhelmed  by 
the  terrific  fire  that  was  raining  down  upon  us,  and  I  being  slightly 
in  advance  of  our  main  line,  with  my  attention  occupied  by  what 
was  being  enacted  in  front,  suddenly  realized  that  our  forces 
were  on  the  retreat,  and  that  I  was  left  almost  alone,  and  it 
seemed  to  me  then  as  though  the  whole  fire  of  the  enemy  was 
directed  at  me  ;  and  realizing  at  that  moment  the  wisdom  of  the 
old  adage  that  'discretion  is  the  better  part  of  valor,'  I  imme 
diately  hunted  for  cover,  which  I  was  so  fortunate  as  to  find  in 
c,  deserted  rifle-pit  a  short  distance  to  the  rear.  Here  I  found  a 
comparatively  safe,  but  unpleasant  shelter,  where  I  was  com 
pelled  to  lie  fiat  until  the  shadows  of  night  concealed  me  from  the 
view  of  the  enemy,  when  peering  forth  I  could  see  the  flickering 
lights  of  many  lanterns,  and  I  know  that  the  human  vultures 
were  at  their  unholy  work  of  robbing  the  dead  and  wounded.  I 
then  crept  from  my  place  of  concealment  and  began  making  my 
way  cautiously  over  the  field  without  knowing  which  way  to  go, 
when  suddenly  1  heard  a  call  from  a  comrade  who  had  fallen 
wounded  in  two  places.  I  stopped  and  made  him  as  comfortable 
as  possible  with  the  means  at  hand,  cutting  cornstalks  to  make 
him  a  bed,  then  as  he  was  suffering  terribly  from  thirst,  I  started 
out  in  search  of  a  spring  that  I  knew  to  be  somewhere  in  that 
vicinity,  and  rounding  a  hill  or  knoll  where  I  supposed  the  spring 
to  be  I  found  myself  in  the  midst  of  quite  a  force  of  the  rebs 


306  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

and  a  prisoner  of  war.  1  not  forgetting  my  own  terrible  thirst 
managed  to  work  my  way  through  to  the  spring,  and  was  filling 
my  canteen  when  1  felt  a  hand  upon  my  back  and  turning  with 
the  expectation  of  seeing  a  rebel  guard,  I  was  delighted  to  find 
not  only  a  I'nion  soldier,  but  a  member  of  my  own  company. 
Comrade  Pardee  and  me  at  once  determined  to  attempt  to  escape 
under  cover  of  the  darkness,  so  guessing  as  nearly  as  possible  at 
the  direction  necessary  to  seek  for  our  forces,  we  worked  our  way 
cautiously  over  the  battle-field  until  we  came  to  the  breastworks 
we  had  assisted  in  throwing  up  that  day,  when  we  heard  a  voice 
calling  for  assistance  ;  stopping  to  investigate  we  found  it  came 
from  Captain  Nickels,  Company  D.  laying  there  wounded,  shot 
through  the  leg  and  unable  to  move,  and  to  add  to  his  misery  the 
rebel  cavalry  had  been  there  and  robbed  him  of  hat,  coat,  watch, 
money  and  other  valuables,  and  only  desisted  from  taking  his 
boots  on  discovering  that  in  trying  to  move  them  from  his  wound 
ed,  limb,  they  caused  him  such  intolerable  suffering  as  to  touch 
the  heart  of  even  a  rebel  cavalryman  ;  and  as  if  to  add  still  more 
to  the  poor  Captain's  suffering  the  rain  just  then  began  to  pour 
down  in  torrents,  and  we  not  being  able  to  carry  him,  made  him 
as  comfortable  as  possible  with  our  rubber  blankets  to  protect 
him  somewhat  from  the  inclemency  of  the  weather.  \Ve  then 
started,  he  giving  us  directions  where  to  go,  hoping  to  get  as 
sistance  that  we  might  return  and  bring  the  Captain  within  out 
lines  where  he  could  be  cared  for.  We  had  proceeded  perhaps 
two  miles  in  the  direction  he  had  pointed  out  to  us,  when  we  met 
Adjutant  Hincks  and  another  comrade  who  had  heard  of  Cap 
tain  Nickels  being  left  on  the  field,  and  were  coming  back  in 
search  of  him.  and  with  them  we  retraced  our  steps  and  brought 
the  wounded  man  to  where  our  ambulance  train  was  stationed, 
when  Adjutant  Hincks  left  me  to  take  charge  of  him  until  we 
should  reach  such  a  place  as  he  could  be  attended  to  by  the  sur 
geons.  I  Jut  the  end  of  that  night's  hardships  was  not  vet,  for  after 
the  ambulances  had  started,  its  way  being  over  stumps,  stones  and 
uneven  ground,  making  such  thumping  and  jostling  that  Captain 
Nickels  was  unable  to  endure  the  pain  it  caused,  and  I  was  com 
pelled  to  procure  a  stretcher  and  with  such  help  as  I  could  pro- 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  307 

cure  from  stragglers  I  tramped  along  through  that  whole  night, 
some  times  f  would  he  without  help  and  would  he  compelled  to 
wait,  accosting  the  weary  stragglers  as  they  passed,  imploring 
them  to  give  the  Captain  a  little  assistance  towards  safetv,  and 
the  treatment  he  stood  so  much  in  need  of.  Fourteen  weary 
miles  we  tramped  carrying  the  wounded  man  that  night,  through 
woods  and  swamps  and  over  rocks  until  just  as  day  dawned 
upon  us,  we  reached  the  hospital  tent  more  dead  than  alive,  and 
left  the  hrave  man  to  the  tender  mercies  of  the  surgeons." 

The  following  is  the  list  of  the  killed,  wounded  and  missing 
Ream's  Station  : — 

1st     Assistant   Surgeon,   Levi  Jewett,   wounded,   head. 

Company  A.  Wounded,  Private,  Charles  II.  Adams,  foot; 
missing.  Privates,  Thomas  Purcell,  Thomas  Callahan. 

Company  B.  Killed,  Private,  James  Anderson;  wounded, 
Captain,  (ieorge  X.  Brigham,  leg;  missing.  Private,  Charles  K. 
Pollard. 

Company  C.  Wounded,  Captain,  James  F.  Simpson,  hack. 
Corporal,  Robert  Wolff,  leg.  Private,  Charles  Long,  bowels; 
missing.  2(1  Lieutenant,  james  M.  Moore,  Private,  (ieorge  Rich. 

Company  I).  Killed,  Corporals,  John  O'Brien.  David  W. 
Whiting;  wounded.  Corporal,  Charles  F.  Morrison,  shoulder; 
missing.  Sergeant,  Joseph  Murray,  Privates,  John  Rollins,  John 
Mennix. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  Privates,  John  Degnan,  arm,  Buell 
Keney,  shoulder;  missing,  Captain,  TIenry  Lee,  Corporal,  James 
kogers.  Privates,  John  Parker,  Thomas  Doms,  Samuel  Burke, 
Henry  Seymour,  Austin  Id.  Shelley. 

Company  F.  Killed,  Private,  Henry  M.  Moore;  wounded. 
Privates,  Henry  B.  (ioodrich,  arm,  (ieorge  Stackpole,  breast; 
missing,  ist.  Sergeant,  Imri  A.  Spencer,  Privates,  John  L.  Bar 
tholomew,  Anson  I).  Clapp. 

Company  ( i.  Wounded,  Corporal,  Xelson  C.  Murray,  foot, 
Private,  Joel  C.  Smith,  neck. 

Company  H.  Missing,  Privates,  (ieorge  Smith,  Charles  John 
son,  Patrick  1 1.  Schiff. 

Company  1.     Wounded,  Captain,  James  R.   Nickels,  leg,    Pri- 


308  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

vates,  George  Manville,  thigh,  Joseph  Robinson,  head,  Frank 
Williams,  head;  missing.  Privates,  Martin  Xolan,  William  Rob 
inson,  John  Gennings. 

Company  K.  Killed,  Captain,  William  II.  .1  lawley  ;  wounded, 
Sergeant,  junius  F.  Goodwin,  leg;  missing,  Sergeant,  Paul  P. 
Noyes,  Privates,  George  M.  Blake,  Henry  W.  Bowers." 

The  regiment  had  come  again  to  one  of  the  sad  moments  of 
its  service.  We  have  noted  their  discouragement  in  the  old  camp 
at  Falmouth  after  Fredericksbnrg  over  the  loss  of  officers.  To 
many  this  moment  was  as  keen  in  sorrow  and  grief  as  then. 
One  of  the  most  regretted  losses  to  the  regiment  was  Captain 
William  H.  Hawley.  lie  was  not  only  a  brave  officer,  but  a 
man  of  noble,  generous  spirit,  companionable  and  with  unspotted 
integrity.  He  was  born  in  .Bridgeport  October  5th,  1840,  arr: 
was  a  bookkeeper  when  he  enlisted,  not  then  being  quite  twenty- 
two  years  of  age.  Always  faithful  and  efficient  when  with  the 
regiment,  he  won  distinction  as  a  staff  officer  and  a  promising 
career  seemed  opening  when  he  was  cut  down  in  the  severe 
engagement  at  Ream's  Station,  lie  was  shot  through  the  head 
while  directing  a  skirmish  line  and  fell  from  his  horse,  breathing 
but  a  few  times.  His  remains  were  taken  to  Bridgeport  where 
funeral  services  under  the  charge  of  the  city  government  of 
Bridgeport  were  held. 

Captain  James  R.  Xickels  was  a  native  of  Maine,  being  born 
in  Cherryrleld  July  i_|.th.  1843.  lie  removed  to  Norwich.  Conn  , 
in  early  life  where  he  lived  with  an  aunt.  He  was  a  clerk  in  a 
store  when  the  war  broke  out  and  lief  ore  enlisting  in  the  Four 
teenth  Regiment  he  served  three  months  with  the  Third  Connec 
ticut  Regiment.  He  was  a  genial  companion,  a  thorough  officer, 
remarkable  for  his  accurate  knowledge  of  and  performance  of 
duty.  Captain  Xickels  survived  his  wounds  until  the  following 
February  where  after  many  weeks  of  suffering  he  died  of  their 
effects. 

The  following  is  the  report  rendered  by  Lieutenant-Colonel 
S.  A.  Moore  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecti 
cut  concerning  the  engagement  at  Ream's  Station : — 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  309 

"Headquarters    Fourteenth    Connecticut     Volunteers, 

August  ^oth,  1864. 
Brigadier-General  I  IOKACI-:  J.  MORSE, 

Adjutant-General  State  of  Connecticut. 
General : — 

[  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  official  report  of  tlrj 
Dart  taken  by  this  regiment  in  the  action  of  the  25th  of  August, 
at  Reams'  Station,  upon  the  \Veldon  Railroad. 

t'pon  the  24th,  the  regiment  had  been  employed  all  day  in 
destroying  the  railroad  track  by  burning  the  ties  and  bending  the 
rails. 

Farlv  upon  the  morning  of  the  25th,  the  brigade  of  which 
this  regiment  is  a  part,  was  massed  in  a  sugar-cane  field,  in  ex 
pectation  of  an  attack  from  the  enemy,  who  were  reported  to 
be  advancing  in  force. 

At  about  i  i  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  enemy  having  attacked  our 
pickets  below  and  to  the  south  of  the  Station,  our  brigade  was 
sent  out  to  their  support,  with  orders  to  engage  the  enemy,  and 
if  possible  to  find  out  in  what  force  thev  were  in  in  that  direction, 
lour  companies  of  the  Fourteenth  were  deployed  as  skirmisher.; 
r.nder  command  of  Captain  I'roatch.  The  remainder  of  the  regi 
ment  advanced  in  line  of  battle  parallel  with  the  railroad,  in  sup 
port  of  the  skirmish  line  of  the  brigade,  which  steadily  advanced, 
driving  the  skirmishers  of  the  enemy  before  it,  for  upwards  of 
half  a  mile.  For  a  portion  of  the  time  we  were  under  a  fire  of 
both  musketry  and  artillery. 

It  was  at  this  time  that  Captain  Ilawley  of  Company  K  was 
killed. 

i  laving  advanced  as  far  from  our  position  as  was  considered 
I  indent.  Colonel  Smvth,  our  brigade  commander,  halted  the 
command  and  sent  back  for  orders.  Before  these  reached  him, 
however,  the  sound  of  heavy  firing  almost  directly  in  his  rear, 
•\ecided  him  to  march  back  to  our  position  near  the  Station,  to 
prevent  our  being  cut  off  from  the  main  body  of  the  corps.  This 
was  done  under  cover  of  the  woods  and  without  molestation 
from  the  enemy,  excepting  that  a  few  shells  were  thrown  at  us 
from  one  of  their  batteries. 


310  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

\Ye  found  the  main  body  of  the  corps  drawn  up  in  order  oi 
battle,  in  the  form  of  two  sides  of  a  square;  one  of  the  sides 
west  of  the  railroad  and  parallel  to  it,  and  the  other  side  running 
at  a  right  angle  to  it,  and  from  west  to  esat.  In  this  form  they 
had  already  successfully  repelled  two  attacks  made  by  the  enemy. 

Our  brigade,  with  one  other,  was  ordered  to  throw  up  a  breast 
work  running  in  an  oblique  direction,  across  the  same  field  in 
which  we  had  been  massed  in  the  morning  to  connect  the  ends 
of  these  two  lines,  thus  forming  an  irregular  triangle,  in  which 
the  troops  stood  behind  slight  breastworks,  facing  outwards. 

lief  ore  we  could  complete  our  slight  barricade  of  rails  and 
earth,  the  cavalry  skirmishers  in  our  front  were  driven  in.  At. 
the  same  time  a  heavy  artillery  tire  was  opened  upon  us  from  our 
right  rlank  and  rear.  This  was  followed  bv  a  third  attack  by 
the  enemv,  made  in  heavy  force  upon  that  portion  of  the  line 
directly  in  our  rear,  the  troops  who  occupied  this  position  of  the 
line,  being  principally  heavy  artillery  regiment  belonging  to  the 
1st  Division,  and  composed  to  a  great  extent  of  raw  recruits, 
broke,  and  that  admitted  the  rebels  into  our  enclosure. 

The  Fourteenth  was  now  faced  by  the  rear  flank,  and  formed 
in  line  of  battle  on  the  reserve  side  of  our  breastworks.  \Ye 
were  then  ordered  by  (ieneral  (iibbon,  our  division  commander, 
and  (ieneral  Hancock  in  person,  to  charge  and  try  and  recover  a 
portion  of  lost  ground.  \\  e  went  forward  at  a  double-quick,  ex 
posed  to  a  heavy  tire  of  both  musketry  and  artillery. 

The  left  wing,  with  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Major,  succeeded 
in  retaking  a  portion  of  the  line  left  by  the  troops  which  had 
broken.  This  position  they  held  until  after  dark,  firing  all  the  tini-.1, 
when  they  were  ordered  by  Colonel  Smyth,  the  brigade  comman 
der,  to  withdraw,  which  they  did,  drawing  off  with  them  some 
of  our  artillery  which  had  been  abandoned,  and  which  they  had 
saved  from  being  captured  by  the  enemy. 

The  right  wing,  after  losing  heavily,  both  in  killed  and  pris 
oners,  was  compelled  to  fall  back  to  its  original  position.  This 
it  held  until  about  dark,  when  the  heavy  fire  poured  into  it  from 
front,  rear  and  one  rlank,  forced  it  in  common  with  the  rest  of 
the  division,  to  fall  back  a  short  distance  to  a  better  position, 


Petersburg  and  Ream's  Station.  3  1  1 

where  it  commenced  throwing"  up  a  new  line  of  hreastworks. 
During  the  night,  however,  the  corps  was  withdrawn  to  the  line 
of  the  defences  around  Petersburg.  Our  loss  in  this  engagement 
was  severe,  being  one  Captain  and  four  men  known  to  be  killed, 
three  Captains,  one  Assistant  Surgeon,  and  fourteen  men  wound 
ed,  and  one  Captain,  one  Lieutenant,  and  twenty-six  men  missing. 

\Ve  carried  into  the  right  seventeen  officers,  and  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  armed  men.  We  drew  off  the  field,  thereby 
saving  them  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemv,  one  brass 
cannon  and  one  limber  belonging  to  McKnight's  battery,  and  one 
caisson  and  one  limber  belonging  to  the  ^d  Xew  Jersey  battery. 

I  can  not  close  this  report  without  alluding  to  the  loss  this 
regiment  has  sustained,  in  the  death  of  Captain  William  H.  Haw- 
ley  of  Company  K,  recorded  above.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
filled  the  office  of  brigade  inspector,  and  was  acting  upon  the 
staff  of  the  Colonel  commanding  the  brigade.  This  responsible 
and  difficult  station  he  filled  alike  with  credit  to  himself  and  his 
regiment,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in 
contact. 

His  loss  is  deeply  felt,  not  only  in  this  regiment,  but  through 
out  the  entire  brigade. 

I   am,   ( ieneral. 

Very  respectfully, 

Your   obedient    servant, 

S.  A.   AIooKK. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Commanding1  Fourteenth  C.  V." 


CHAPTER  XV. 
From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End. 

The  story  of  the  services  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  for  the 
restoration  of  the  l/nion  and  the  reestablishment  of  the  govern 
ment  is  wellnigh  told.  True  it  is  that  it  had  several  months  yet 
of  service,  but  this  service  was  not  so  intense  and  strenuous  as  that 
through  which  the  regiment  had  passed  and  their  present  duties 
no  doubt  seemed  almost  like  play. 

They  returned  to  the  defences  of  Petersburg  after  the  unfortu 
nate  affair  at  Ream's  Station.  John  Hirst  writes: — "For  'lv 
next  few  weeks  the  Fourteenth  had  a  rest  from  fighting,  but  were 
kept  busy  a  good  deal  of  the  time  in  building  more  and  stronger 
forts  and  when  not  thus  engaged  were  sent  out  on  picket.  \Ve 
do  not  stay  anywhere  more  than  two  or  three  days  at  a  time.  \Ye 
were  in  Fort  Davis  for  a  day  or  two  and  as  soon  as  we  got  nicely 
settled,  we  were  ordered  to  leave  and  take  a  position  near  Fort 
Morton.  The  boys  are  on  duty  all  the  time,  one  day  on  the  skir 
mish  line  and  the  next  day  on  the  reserve." 

It  was  evident  that  the  day  of  strategic  battles  like  Gettysburg 
or  the  formidable  defenses  of  Fredericksburg  was  over,  that  now 
almost  within  the  glimmer  of  the  lights  of  Richmond  it  was  ap 
parent  to  most  of  the  men  that  the  struggle  was  nearly  over.  The 
grief  and  sorrow  of  the  men  when  they  returned  from  Ream's 
Station  has  been  noted.  Although  the  casualties  were  not  so 
large  as  at  many  of  the  other  engagements,  the  smaller  ranks  of 
the  regiment  felt  them  as  keenly.  Those  that  had  dropped  out 
from  service  at  the  battle  of  Ream's  Station  were  among  those 
who  had  been  familiar  to  the  men  since  the  regiment  left  Hart 
ford.  The  noble  Captain  Hawley  had  gone,  Captain  Nickels  was 
languishing  in  the  hospital  and  the  regiment  was  deprived  of  the 
ever  faithful  care  of  Assistant  Surgeon  Jewett.  We  may  imag 
ine  that  from  now  to  the  close  of  the  regiment's  service  there  was 

(312) 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End. 


313 


more  sober  thoughtfulness  than  ever  before.  If  not  much  older 
in  years,  the  men  of  the  regiment  were,  at  least,  older  in  the  ex 
periences  of  war.  For  that  reason  we  find  less  hilarity  and  fes 
tivity  than  during  the  winter  at  Stony  Mountain  or  the  somewhat 
joyful  experience  of  the  regiment  at  Cedar  Run  during  the  sum 
mer  of  1863.  Then  again  it  may  well  be  realized  there  was  the 
lack  of  companionship,  the  regiment  being  made  up  more  largely 
of  substitutes  and  new  recruits.  Although  the  battle  at  Ream's 


ASST.  SURGEON  LEVI  JEWETT. 


Station  does  not  take  a  place  along  side  of  the  battle  of  Gettys 
burg  in  history  yet  the  experience  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment 
was  nearly  as  severe.  It  will  be  remembered  that  at  Gettysburg 
the  regiment  went  into  the  battle  with  one  hundred  and  sixty 
men,  (about  one  hundred  and  sixty,  says  Colonel  Ellis)  and  los 
ing  sixty-six,  while  at  the  battle  of  Ream's  Station  Lieutenant- 


314  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Colonel  Moore  reports  die  regiment  took  into  the  battle  one  hun 
dred  and  sixty-seven  men  and  lost  by  killed,  wounded  and  miss 
ing;,  fifty-one  men. 

The  regiment  stopped  in  the  vicinity  of  the  defenses  of  Peters 
burg  until  September  15th,  when  it  was  ordered  to  pack  up  and 
move  in  the  direction  of  Prince  George  Court  House.  The  rebel 
cavalry  made  a  raid  on  the  L'nion  cattle  pastures,  capturing  over 
one  hundred  head.  The  regiment  stopped  here  until  September 
24th,  where  it  was  engaged  building  a  fort.  All  of  the  men  able 
to  work  were  on  duty  the  whole  time.  At  noon  of  the  24th  the 
men  were  called  in  and  ordered  to  report  to  the  division.  When 
they  reached  the  division  the  regiment  was  sent  out  on  picket. 
Sunday  a  detail  was  made  of  an  officer  and  three  men  from  each 
company  to  go  to  the  rear  about  half  a  mile  and  fix  up  a  camp. 
They  took  the  camp  that  had  recently  been  used  by  the  Seven 
teenth  Connecticut  and  which  was  occupied  by  the  regiment 
when  it  came  in  from  picket  duty.  They  were  subject  to  some 
shelling  by  the  enemy,  but  no  damage  was  done.  Tuesday,  Sep 
tember  29th,  the  regiment  was  called  up  at  one  o'clock  and  or 
dered  to  draw  two  days  rations  and  be  ready  to  move  at  four 
o'clock.  It,  however,  did  not  move  until  dark  of  that  dav  when 
it  was  ordered  to  the  extreme  front  as  vedettes.  They  were 
within  a  hundred  yards  of  the  enemy.  It  rained  hard  most  of 
the  night  and  something  before  light  the  regiment  was  moved 
back  to  be  out  of  range  of  the  enemy. 

About  this  time  Sergeant  Wade,  Corporal  John  J.  Brierly  of 
Company  H,  Corporal  Frederick  A.  Ellis  of  Company  C  and 
Robert  Kerr  of  Company  E  were  ordered  to  Xew  Haven  to  re- 
1'eve  four  of  the  regiment  who  had  been  there  since  February 
to  guard  soldiers  when  in  camp  and  to  take  recruits  to  the  front. 

In  the  latter  part  of  September,  1864,  in  response  to  an  order 
from  General  Hancock,  who  sent  out  a  circular  letter  to  each  or 
ganization  in  the  Second  Corps,  requesting  the  commander  to 
send  to  headquarters  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  organization  and 
services  during  the  war,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore  made  the 
following  report : — 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  3  1  5 

"Headquarters   Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers, 

September  jnth,  1864. 
Lieutenant  Theron  F.   Parsons, 

Acting1  Assistant  Adjutant-General,  3d   Brigade. 
Lieutenant : — 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  in  compliance 
with  circular  of  September  25th,  from  Headquarters  2(1  A.  C. 

I.   Date   of   Organization   of   the   Regiment,  (muster   into   ser 
vice,)  August  23d,  1862. 

Original  strength,   (aggregate,)  1.015 

Recruits   received   since  organization,  1,000 

IT.    Present  strength.      For  duty,  236 

do  Borne  upon  rolls,  (aggregate,)  663 

III.  Names  of    Battles   in    which   engaged. 
Antietam,  Sept.  17,  1862.  Wilderness,  May  (),  1864, 
Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862.  Laurel  Hill,  May  10,  1864. 
Chancellorsville,  May  3,   1803.  Spottsylvania,   May   12,    iSf-j 
Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863.  Cold  Harbor,  June  3,  1864. 
Bristoe  Station,  Oct.   ^4,  1863.  Cold  Harbor,  June  6,  1864. 
Morton's  Ford,  Feb.  o,   1 8('»4.  Petersburg,  June  17,  1864. 
Wilderness,  May  5,  1864.  Ream's  Station,  August  25,  1864. 

Xames  of  Skirmishes  in  which  engaged. 

Falling  Waters,  July  14,  1863.      Xorth  Anna  River,  May  24,  '64. 
Auburn,  October  14,  1863.  Xorth  Anna  River,  May  2(>,  '64. 

.Blackburn's  Ford,  Oct.  17,  1863.  Petersburg,  June  16,  1864. 
Mine  Run,  Xov.  2<j,  1863.  Dee])  Bottom,  August  15,  1964. 

IV.  Loss  in  action.     <)  officers  killed,  71   men  killed;  41  officers 
wounded,  505  men  wounded;  5  officers  missing,  138  men  missing, 
(aggregate,)    /fxj. 

V.  Colors  captured  from  the  enemy.     Five,  captured  at  battle 
<>f  Gettysburg,  viz.    I  st  and   I4th  Tennessee.    lOth  and  52(1   X'orth 
Carolina,  and  4th  Virginia. 

( inns  captured   from   the  enemy.      Two  3-in.   rifled  pieces  cap 
tured  May   12,   1864. 

VI.  Colors  lost.     None. 


3  1  6  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Note.  At  the  battle  of  Ream's  Station,  upon  the  25th  nit., 
this  regiment  drew  off  from  the  field,  thereby  saving-  ihem  from 
capture  by  the  enemy,  one  brass  cannon  and  one  limber  belonging 
to  McKnight's  ] lattery,  and  one  limber  belonging  to  the  3d  Xe\v 
Jersey  1  lattery,  also  one  caisson  belonging  to  same  Matter}'. 
Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

S.  A.  MOORK., 
Lieutenant-Colonel  commanding  regiment." 

Xear  the  latter  part  of  (  )ctober,  General  Grant  made  one  more 
effort  to  get  possession  of  the  South  Side  Railroad.  (leneral 
Hancock,  with  the  Second  Corps  and  a  portion  of  Gregg's  caval 
ry,  was  ordered  to  be  readv  to  move  at  two  o'clock  in  the  morn 
ing  of  ( )ctober  27th,  each  man  to  be  supplied  with  four  days  ra 
tions  and  sixty  rounds  of  ammunition.  The  route  was  to  be  as 
follows: — ".Move  out  bv  the  Vaughn  road,  cross  Hatcher's  Run, 
pass  by  Dabney's  mill  and  Wilson  &  Arnold's  steam  sawmill, 
cross  the  open  country  t:>  Claiborne's  road  near  its  intersection 
with  the  White  oak  road  and  recrossing  Hatcher's  Run  near  the 
Claiborne  road  bridge,  take  the  road  running  northwest  from  the 
vicinity  of  the  bridge  to  the  South  Side  Railroad  and,  if  -possible, 
seize  a  commanding  position  on  that  road."  This  was  the  enter 
prise  laid  out  by  General  Grant  for  the  Second  Corps.  In  this 
enterprise  the  now  depleted  ranks  of  the  Fourteenth  Regimen; 
were  called  upon  to  take  a  prominent  part. 

Concerning  this  engagement  John  Hirst  writes : — "We  left 
camp  last  Tuesday  and  marched  to  the  rear  of  the  Fifth  Corps 
where  we  halted  until  Wednesday  afternoon  when  we  marched 
to  the  extreme  left  on  the  Welden  Railroad,  where  we  were  again 
halted  until  three  o'clock  the  next  morning  when  we  resumed 
our  march.  We  went  about  a  couple  of  miles  before  we  struck 
the  rebel  vedettes  who  fired  at  us  and  then  ran.  Our  brigade 
(Smyth's)  had  the  lead  and  was  deployed  as  skirmishers  and 
flankers.  A  part  of  our  regiment  was  out  as  flankers  which  left 
the  rest  of  us  at  the  head  of  the  column.  We  went  along  pretty 
well  until  between  eight  and  nine  o'clock  we  struck  the  rebel  line, 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  3  1  7 

which  opened  fire  upon  us.  but  soon  fell  back  across  a  creek  where 
they  had  good  works  thrown  up  and  soon  opened  fire  upon  our 
skirmishers.  While  the  Hankers  and  skirmishers  of  our  brigade 
were  reforming,  the  rest  of  us  charged  and  carried  the  works, 
taking  a  few  prisoners  and  losing  some  men.  There  was  one 
regiment  from  ( ieorgia  that  tried  to  hold  the  works,  but  was 
broken  and  scattered  through  the  woods.  Soon  after  we  got  rid 
of  the  ( ieorgians,  we  formed  a  line  of  battle  and  again  advanced*, 
while  the  skirmishing  was  kept  up  on  both  flanks,  besides  a 
strong  line  in  front  which  we  steadily  drove  back  until  near  noon, 
when  we  came  to  a  plank  road  in  possession  of  the  Johnnies  who 
opened  upon  us  with  artillery.  ( )ur  skirmishers  on  one  side  and 
our  cavalry  on  the  other  soon  outflanked  them  and  they  had  to 
fall  back.  In  the  meantime  our  artillerv  came  up  and  opened 
lire,  under  cover  of  which  we  got  possession  of  the  road.  JUM 
I  hen  a  heavy  rain  storm  came  up  and  drenched  us  to  the  skin, 
compelling  us  to  lay  still  until  it  was  over.  After  the  storm 
was  over  the  artillery  upon  both  sides  opened  fire  and  the  battle 
commenced  again.  The  rebels  were  not  idle,  but  hard  at  work 
upon  our  right  flank  where  thev  drove  in  our  cavalry  and  were 
making  for  our  battery,  which  their  guns  were  trying  to  silence. 
\\  e  were  moved  at  double-quick  for  a  little  wav  when  we  saw 
the  Johnnies  forming  behind  a  house  and  barn  pretty  close  to  our 
battery.  \Ye  charged  them  and  drove  them  down  the  road  to  a  mill 
near  a  bridge  where  we  captured  a  few  of  them,  the  remainder 
of  them  crossing  the  bridge  and  going  up  a  hill  into  some  woods. 
They  came  near  fetching  me  upon  their  last  charge.  A  riflle 
ball  cut  the  strap  of  my  knapsack  clean  oft"  my  shoulder  and 
went  through  my  rubber  blanket.  The  knapsack,  lurching  over 
to  one  side,  nearly  threw  me  down.  Some  of  the  boys  reached 
for  me  and  the  colors,  but  I  was  all  right,  and  if  they  don't 
get  nearer  than  that  I  shall  remain  so.  \Ye  next  took  possession 
of  one  of  their  rifle-pits  on  the  brow  of  a  hill  opposite  to  the 
rebels,  but  with  the  creek  between  us.  If  we  could  have  brought 
a  few  more  men  into  action  when  we  first  came  up  we  might  have 
captured  that  rebel  battery  :  but  we  had  to  stop  before  reaching 
it  as  we  were  exposed  to  a  flank  attack  and  we  had  to  fight  upon 


318  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

both  flanks  as  well  as  at  the  front  while  the  rest  of  the  corps  was 
coming  up.  The  rebels  wanted  the  plank  road  real  had  and  during 
the  day  charged  it  three  times,  but  were  each  time  repulsed  by 
portions  of  our  Second  and  Third  Divisions.  If  the  johnnies 
could  have  got  the  road  our  whole  brigade  would  have  been 
captured,  for  there  was  no  getting  out  with  the  enemv  fighting 
us  on  even"  side.  I  did  not  see  any  of  the  fighting  outside  of  the 
Second  Divisions  and  some  cavalrv.  but  I  know  the  First  Divi 
sion  had  out  a  strong  skirmish  line  facing  Petersburg.  After 
dark  we  began  to  get  out,  a  few  man  at  a  time,  silently  falling 
back  over  the  hill,  where  we  were  reformed  preparatorv  to  mov 
ing  back  to  camp.  \Ye  left  behind  us  one  man  from  each  com 
pany  on  picket  and  also  Dr.  Dudley  with  our  killed  and.  wounded 
who  were  unable  to  walk.  I  think  the  rebels  had  us  in  a  pretty 
tight  place  and  a  part  of  the  Fifth  and  Xine  Corps  had  to  come 
out  and  open  a  road  in  our  rear.  The  roads  were  ankle  dee])  in 
mud,  but  we  kept  up  our  return  march  until  two  o'clock  in  the 
morning  when  we  rested  until  daylight,  when  the  Fifth  Corps  left 
us  and  our  brigade  was  put  on  duty  as  rear  guard.  We  finally 
got  back  into  our  lines  all  right  and  last  night  we  got  into  our 
old  camp,  where  I  am  now  writing." 

(Ine  of  the  unfortunate  features  of  the  engagement  was  the 
capture  of  the  entire  picket  line  of  ten  men  belonging  to  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  killed,  wounded  and  missing  in  the 
engagement  at  Hoydton  Plank  Road,  October  2/th,  1864:— 

"Major,  John  C.   Uroatch,  wounded,  thigh. 

Company  A.     Wounded,  Sergeant,  ( )scar  A.  Abbott,  foot. 

Company  P>.  Wounded,  Corporal,  Hiram  H.  Fox,  foot.  Pri 
vate,  fames  Hays,  foot. 

Company  C.  Wounded,  Privates,  John  Ihirns,  body,  William 
Kllis,  (since  died),  John  Edwards,  John  Suffang,  since  died;; 
missing.  Private  ( ieorge  Rich. 

Company  1).     Wounded,  Corporal,  Henry  F.  Hospodskv,  arm. 

Company  F.  Killed,  Private,  Samuel  Mason;  wounded.  Cor 
poral,  San  ford  lUigbee,  knee. 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  3  1 9 

Company  F.  Missing,  Privates,  James  P.  Alcott,  William 
Carrington,  Charles  Reekler. 

Company   II.     Wounded,  Corporal,  Jeremiah  G.  Dunbar,  foot- 

Coni])anv  I.     Killed,  1st  Lieutenant,  Perkins  Bartholomew. 

Company  K.  Wounded,  Privates,  Alonzo  Griswold,  Jacob 
Sclineider.  Left  on  ])ieket.  Supposed  to  have  been  taken  pris 
oners. 

Company   A.     James  W.    French,  Stephen   D.   Skidmore. 

Com])any  V.  Sergeant,  William  R.  Lattimer,  Privates,  James 
I  lolland,  John  Stevens. 

Coni])any   G.     Private,   Martin   Stevens. 

Company  I.  Privates,  [ames  Xolan,  Patrick  Healey,  Peter 
Wilson.  Joseph  Smith." 

A  serious  loss  to  the  regiment  was  the  killing  of  Lieutenant 
Perkins  Bartholomew.  He  enlisted  from  Xew  London  as  a  cor 
poral  in  Company  H  and  was  afterwards  promoted  to  1st  Lieu 
tenant  of  Company  1.  He  was  a  brave  soldier  and  a  good 
officer. 

Tlie  following  is  the  official  report  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  A. 
Moore  to  the  Adjntant-(  leneral  of  the  State  of  Connecticut:— 

"Headquarters  'Fourteenth   Connecticut     Volunteers, 

October  3oth,  1864. 
Brigadier-General  H.  J.   Morse, 

Adjutant-General   State  of  Connecticut. 

General : — 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the  part 
taken  by  this  regiment  in  the  late  action  near  Boydton  Plank 
Road. 

Farlv  upon  the  morning  of  the  2/th,  we  left  cam])  on  the 
Weldon  Railroad,  near  the  Vaughn  House,  and  marched  in  a 
westerly  direction  till  about  daylight,  when  I  was  ordered  to 
deploy  four  companies  of  this  regiment  on  the  right,  as  Hankers, 
to  cover  the  Brigade,  which  was  done  under  the  command  of 
Lieutenant  William  A I  unlock.  Three  companies  were  also  de 
tached  on  the  left,  under  command  of  Major  John  C.  Broatch. 
We  then  advanced  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  when  we  came  in 


320  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

sight  of  the  rebel  works  on  Hatcher's  Run.  Here  we  formed  in 
line  of  battle  on  the  right  of  the  brigade,  with  the  three  remain 
ing  companies,  and  charged  across  the  run  and  up  a  hill  into 
the  enemy's  works,  taking  some  prisoners. 

Our  loss  here  was  ^Major  P>roatch  wounded,  one  enlisted  man 
killed  and  four  wounded. 

Sergeant  Albert  DeForest,  of  Campany  A,  of  this  regiment, 
being  at  the  head  of  the  flankers  on  the  right,  was  the  first  to 
observe  the  telegraph  wire  running  in  rear  of  the  enemy's  works, 
which  he  promptly  cut. 

\Ye  then  reformed  and  marched  by  a  road  running  in  a  north 
erly  direction,  about  two  miles,  where  we  halted,  and  were  joined 
by  the  companies  which  had  been  acting  as  flankers  on  the  right, 
under  command  of  Lieutenant  M unlock,  they  having  been  re 
lieved  by  a  portion  of  the  Third  "Division. 

After  a  rest  of  about  half  an  hour,  we  again  proceeded,  having 
Companies  (i  and  P>,  under  command  of  Captain  Frank  F. 
Stoughton,  deployed  as  flankers  on  the  left,  and  Company  1),  un 
der  command  of  Lieutenant  Robert  Russell  on  the  right. 

Xear  the  P>ovdton  Plank  Road  we  were  attacked,  and  being 
joined  by  the  companies  which  had  been  out  as  flankers,  were 
deployed  as  skirmishers,  and  so  advanced  to  the  left,  about  a 
quarter  of  a  mile,  we  halted  until  relieved  by  the  cavalry. 

\Ye  then  joined  the  brigade,  which  had  advanced  across  an 
open  field  to  the  right,  and  was  facing  the  enemy's  works.  At 
this  point  we  lay  under  the  shell  fire  directed  from  the  front  and 
right  flank,  for  about  an  hour,  when  \ve  were  ordered  forward 
to  and  across  the  plank  road,  crossing  a  brook  on  its  westerly 
side,  and  were  formed  facing  to  the  south,  under  cover  of  a  bank. 

At  this  time,  firing  being  heard  on  our  right  flank,  we  were 
ordered  to  file  to  the  right  under  cover  of  a  hill.  This  was  doi.e 
on  the  double-quick,  and  the  cavalry  being  driven  in  at  this  point, 
we  charged  over  the  hill  and  drove  the  enemy  from  their  works, 
with  (to  us)  but  small  loss. 

The  regiment  occupied  the  works  thus  vacated,  remaining  in 
them  till  nearly  5  o'clock  (P.  M. )  when  1  was  ordered  to  take 
the  regiment  from  the  works,  and  deploy  it  on  the  road  on  the 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  32  1 

left  flank  of  the  brigade.     Before  this  could  be  done,  however, 
the  enemy  attacked  us  in  front. 

It  was  at  this  time  that  Lieutenant  Perkins  Bartholomew,  of 
Company  I,  received  the  wound  of  which  he  soon  after  died. 

I  at  once  sent  a  sergeant  to  the  General  commanding  the  brig 
ade,  for  further  orders,  and  was  directed  to  hold  the  position  then 
occupied. 

The  enemy  being  repulsed  in  this  attack,  fell  back  to  their 
works.  AYe  remained  in  the  works  till  about  1  1  o'clock,  when, 
pursuant  to  orders,  we  withdrew,  leaving  a  throng  picket  line. 

Throughout  the  whole  day  the  conduct  of  both  officers  and  men 
was  deserving  of  praise.  Lieutenant  Bartholomew,  who  was 
one  of  our  most  promising  young  officers. 

Major  Broatch,  while  in  command  of  a  portion  of  the  skirmish 
line,  received  a  severe  but  not  dangerous  wound. 

Surgeon  Dudley  was  left  behind,  with  medical  supplies,  to  take 
charge  of  the  wounded  who  could  not  be  moved. 
Very  respectfull, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

S.  A.  MOOKK, 
Lieutenant-  Colonel,  commandin     reiment." 


In  early  November  a  commissioner  from  the  State  of  Connec- 
t;cut  visited  the  regiment  for  the  purpose  of  taking  the  votes  of 
the  men  for  president. 

On  November  T3th  Kmmons  P.  Bond  of  Xew  Britain  was 
appointed  as  chaplain.  The  regiment  had  been  without  a  chap 
lain  since  the  discharge  of  Chaplain  Stevens  about  a  year 
previous. 

Chaplain  Einmons  P.  Bond  was  born  in  Canterbury,  Conn., 
and  graduated  at  Brown  L^niversity,  Providence,  R.  I.,  in 
1851  and  from  the  Madison  University  Theological  Seminary, 
X.  Y.,  two  years  later.  Upon  his  graduation  he  settled  as 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Xew  Britain.  He  was  oc 
cupying  this  position  when  he  was  mustered  as  chaplain  of  the 
regiment  November  isth,  1864.  Mr.  Bond  remained  with  the 
regiment  as  its  chaplain  a  little  over  five  months,  resigning 


322  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

April  26,  1865.  He  returned  to  his  pastorate  in  New  Britain 
where  he  remained  until  1867,  when  he  became  Principal  of 
the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute  at  Suffield.  He  was  later, 
for  seventeen  years,  pastor  in  Wethersfleld,  being  a  portion  of 
this  time  associate  editor  of  the  Religions  Herald  of  Hartford. 
Declining  in  health  he  gave  up  professional  work  in  1896  and 
went  to  live  with  his  son  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  Feb- 


CHAPLAIN  EMMONS  P.   BOND. 

ruary  28,  1899.  Chaplain  Bond  was  scholarly  and  refined  and 
was  much  esteemed  in  the  communities  where  he  labored. 
His  service  with  the  regiment  covered  so  brief  a  period,  that 
but  few  of  the  men  became  personally  acquainted  \vith  him. 

The  regiment  was  moved  to  Fort  McGilvery  in  front  of  Pe 
tersburg.  Here  it  remained  until  November  2C)th.  when  thev 
were  ordered  to  be  ready  to  move  in  the  direction  of  Fort  Bross. 
After  breakfast  of  the  3Oth,  in  company  with  the  brigade,  it 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  323 

moved  until  two  o'clock  to  relieve  the  Ninth  Corps.  December 
:'th,  the  men  had  just  commenced  building  huts  for  the  wintei 
when  they  were  ordered  to  be  in  readiness  to  move  at  half  past 
four  the  next  day  to  relieve  the  Fifth  Corps.  On  the  7th  the 
-egiment  went  on  picket.  It  was  expected  there  would  be  an 
Attack,  but  it  did  not  take  place.  The  men  pitched  their  shelter 
tents  and  encamped  several  days  when  they  moved  a  mile  far 
ther  toward  Patrick  Station.  Here  the  men  took  possession  of 
huts  already  made  which  was  fortunate  as  the  weather  was  very 
cold  and  frosty.  December  nth  John  Hirst  records:-  ''Weather 
very  cold  and  the  regiment  laid  around  all  day  waiting-  for  orders. 
December  I3th  the  regiment  was  on  the  move  again  until  noon 
and  passed  through  the  place  where  they  last  built  huts,  but  found 
they  had  been  torn  down  and  the  logs  and  boards  carried  away. 
All  hands  were  kept  busy  rebulding  the  huts  until  noon  of  the 
T;th.,  when  the  regiment  formed  in  light  marching  order  and 
moved  to  corps  headquarters  to  witness  the  presentation  of 
medals  voted  by  Congress  to  members  of  the  regiment  for  cap 
turing  flags  at  Gettysburg.  Allusion  has  been  made  in  the  sketch 
of  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  of  the  presentation  of  these  medals 
to  Major  Hincks,  Corporal  liacon  and  Corporal  Flynn. 

There  was  a  general  complaint  at  this  time  of  the  poor  charac 
ter  of  the  rations.  All  accounts  seem  to  agree  that  the  winter  be 
fore  Petersburg,  at  what  was  called  Fort  Morton,  was  monoto 
nous  and  without  special  activity  on  the  part  of  the  regiment  at 
large. 

J.  E.  Stannard  relates  some  experiences  of  the  men  during 
this  period  of  inactivity  as  follows:-  "At  Fort  Morton,  on  the 
jne  before  Petersburg,  in  the  winter  of  1864-5,  wood  became  a 
scarce  article,  and  it  was  no  small  part  of  our  work  to  find  a  sup 
ply  and  get  it  into  the  camp.  Every  tree  for  miles  around  had 
been  cut,  even  to  the  roots.  There  was  also  a  class  of  men  who 
were  very  shy  about  exerting  themselves  to  do  such  work  as  re 
quired  them  to  cut  and  carry  wood  into  camp  and  cut  it  again 
ready  for  use.  As  the  men  were  usually  in  'a  mess'  of  from 
four  to  six  that  tented  together  (when  we  had  tents)  it  was  the 
custom  for  each  to  do  his  part  toward  keeping  up  the  supplies 
of  wood  and  water.  A  certain  mess  consisted  of  four,  and  among 


324  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

them  was  a  man  of  the  class  noted  for  lack  of  energy  such  as 
required  him  to  gather  wood.  This  man  we  will  call  George. 
The  fort  was  located  on  the  line  where  the  sharp-shooters  had 
a  good  range  and  were  not  slow  to  fire  at  anything  that  offered 
a  target.  A  tree  stood  in  front  of  the  fort  on  the  slope  and  in 
full  range  of  the  sharp-shooters  and  exposed  to  the  extent  that 
no  one  had  ventured  to  go  out  and  cut  it.  One  day  wood  was 
especially  scarce  and  George  was  invited  to  contribute  a  littk 
rf  his  energy  toward  increasing  the  supply.  As  usual  he  had 
some  very  important  excuse  and  could  not  assist  in  the  under 
taking.  The  patience  of  the  other  three  became  exhausted  and 
he  was  given  to  understand  that  he  should  do  his  share  in  re 
plenishing  the  supply,  and  do  it  at  once,  or  take  the  consequences. 
He  said  he  didn't  know  where  to  get  any.  The  tree  standing 
in  front  of  the  fort  was  pointed  out  to  him  and  he  was  told  to 
go  out  and  cut  it.  Tie  demurred,  saying  he  did  not  believe  any 
cf  the  crowd  would  dare  to  go  out  there  and  cut  it.  One  of  the 
boys  took  this  for  a  challenge  and  said,  'I'll  go  out  and  cut  half 
way  into  the  tree  if  you'll  expose  your  carcass  to  cut  the  other 
half.'  Well,  George  could  do  nothing  but  accept,  so  an  axe  was 
found  and  the  challenger  started  over  the  fort  and  made  quick 
time  to  the  tree,  he  didn't  stop  to  make  many  observations,  not 
much,  Johnny  Reb  would  find  him  quick  enough,  lie  put  in 
his  best  strokes  and  soon  had  his  half  of  the  tree  cut,  meanwhile 
1he  sharp-shooters  had  got  the  range  and  were  prepared  to  give 
George  a  warm  reception.  George  was  gritty  enough  to  fell  the 
t1  ee  and  ran  for  the  fort.  The  tree  was  left  until  dark  and  then 
cut  up  and  taken  to  the  'gophers'  as  our  bomb  proofs  were  called. 
George  was  not  called  on  for  wood  again  for  some  time. 

Fort  Morton  was  on  the  line  of  works  not  far  from  the  Ap- 
pomattox  River.  Sharp-shooters  used  an  old  chimney  back  about 
two  miles  from  the  line.  Saps  and  mines  and  any  other  old 
tiling  was  a  go  in  those  days,  every  man  had  to  look  out  for 
himself  when  a  sharp-shooter  got  after  him.  Tf  a  man  got  a  hole 
through  his  body  it  was  just  a  'ventilator.' 

At  this  place  we  were  obliged  to  live  under  ground,  like  a 
gopher.  The  shells  from  the  rebels  came  into  our  camp  too 
thick  to  make  it  health}-  to  live  top  of  the  ground.  The  line  of 


From  HatcherY  Run  to  the  End.  325 

works  was  at  the  crest  of  the  hill  so  that  the  ground  descended 
in  the  front  and  at  the  rear.  To  build  our  'bomb  proof  we  dug 
a  trench  about  six  feet  running  directly  to  the  rear  and  about  five 
feet  deep.  This  carried  the  water  off  and  left  the  ground  dry. 
To  make  them  bomb  proof  we  dug  a  trench  about  three  feet 
vide  starting  from  the  main  trench  and  dug  it  about  five  feet 
long,  then  we  dug  out  a  square  hole  in  the  ground  at  the  end  of 
this  trench,  this  was  dug  to  a  level  with  the  first  trench  and  made 
^hc  floor  to  our  house.  We  then  took  timbers,  logs  or  anything 
we  could  find  long  enough  to  reach  across  the  hole  and  covered 
the  hole  over, excepting  a  small  opening  over  which  we  placed 
a.  pork  barrel  with  both  ends  out.  This  was  to  be  the  chimney 
for  we  dug  out  a  fire-place  near  one  corner  and  then  covered 
the  top  over  with  the  dirt  taken  out  of  the  hole,  this  was  piled 
up  as  high  as  we  could  get  dirt  to  pile  up.  The  entrance  \vas 
through  the  trench,  for  a  door  we  hung  up  a  piece  of  bagging. 
7.  he  fire-place  was  a  hole  cut  into  the  side  of  the  opening  and 
had  a  fine  cut  up  to  the  pork  barrel  through  which  the  smoke  es 
caped.  For  bunks  the  lower  one  was  on  the  ground,  the  upper 
cue  was  placed  directly  over  the  lower  and  was  made  with  pine 
poles  held  up  by  crotches  set  into  the  ground  at  each  end.  In 
this  hole  four  men  could  keep  house  and  feel  that  they  were 
safe  while  inside  as  no  shell  could  reach  them.  With  a  couple 
of  hardtack  boxes  for  cupboards  and  the  arm}-  blankets  men  could 
make  themselves  comfortable,  and  feel  that  it  was  a  luxury  com 
pared  with  some  of  the  accomodations  furnished  by  Uncle  Sam. 
This  was  the  usual  way  of  building  quarters  when  the  lay  of 
the  land  would  permit  it.  In  such  a  place  four  of  us  of  the 
Fourteenth  Connecticut  Regiment  kept  house  for  several  months 
?nd  were  comfortable  as  comfort  goes  in  the  army.  At  four 
o'clock  every  morning  we  were  caled  out  to  stand  in  the  breast 
works  until  after  daylight.  This  was  to  prevent  a  surprise,  for 
it  would  be  at  this  time  that  the  enemy  would  be  most  likely  to 
try  to  be  familiar.  Hut  he  never  found  us  napping.  Did  you  ever 
see  a  new  recruit  when  he  was  first  under  fire?  Well,  the  fool 
would  run  the  risk  of  having  his  block-head  blown  off  if  any  one 
should  tel-  him  to  keep  down  out  of  sight  of  the  enemv,  they  rll 
wanted  to  show  what  brave  idiots  they  were.  I  saw  one  leap  up  on 


326  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

the  breastworks  one  morning.  Well,  he  came  down  again,  hut  he 
had  tlie  compliments  of  a  sharp-shooter  with  him  in  the  shape  of  a 
piece  of  lead  in  his  hip." 

Toward  the  last  of  January  or  early  in  February  ( leneral 
( irant  endeavored  to  make  another  effort  to  break  up  the  Confed 
erate  route  of  supplies  by  a  movement  on  Dinwiddie  Court 
House.  The  forces  designed  for  this  duty  were  dregg's  Cavalry 
Division,  the  Fifth  Corps,  Second  and  Third  Divisions  of  the1 
Second  Corps,  accompaned  by  the  Tenth  Massachusetts  liatterv 
c'nd  1  lattery  K  4th  L\  S.  (leneral  Humphreys  was  in  command, 
having  taken  the  place  of  (ieneral  Hancock  who  was  in  the 
hospital.  Following  this  order  it  did  not  take  long  for  the  regi 
ment  to  pack  up  and  it  was  soon  on  the  move  in  the  same  direc 
tion  and  place  as  in  the  first  battle  of  1 1  atelier's  Run.  The  regi 
ment  had  not  proceeded  very  far  before  the  skirmishing  com 
menced  in  good  earnest  and  kept  up  until  afternoon  when  the 
Confederates  massed  their  troops  and  attempted  to  break  the  line 
much  in  the  same  place  the}'  broke  in  the  last  engagement. 
Breastworks,  however,  had  been  thrown  up,  but  the  Confeder 
ates  charged  against  them  seven  times,  but  each  time  were 
lepulsed.  The  regiment  was  ordered  to  support  a  battery  and  so 
did  not  get  into  the  thick  of  the  fight.  They  received  no  damage 
until  they  changed  front.  It  was  during  this  change  that  Lieu 
tenant  IJartlett  was  killed  and  Lieutenant  (iraham  and  several  pri 
vates  were  wounded. 

Sergeant  Charles  (i.  Blatchley  says  of  the  experience  of  the 
!egiment  at  this  time:-  "One  of  these  engagements  took  place 
in  February,  1865.  Our  line  had  been  formed  and  rifle-pits 
thrown  up  and  the  picks  and  shovels  carried  away  by  the  Pioneer 
Corps  when  it  was  discovered  by  the  fire  of  the  advancing  enemy 
that  a  mistake  had  been  made  and  the  line  was  at  exactly  right 
angles  to  its  proper  direction.  The  change  in  the  line  was  quickly 
made  and  a  new  line  of  works  erected  under  fire  by  the  men 
without  tools  and  the  celerity  with  which  this  was  accomplished 
showed  what  could  be  done  under  a  certain  amount  and  kind  of 
pressure.  We  occupied  this  line  for  several  days  and  one  night 
here  L  had  the  experience  of  being  frozen  in  bed;  it  rained  and 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  327 

freezing1  as  it  fell,  our  blanketts  were  firmly  frozen  to  the  earth 
and  we  under  them   in  the  morning1." 

The  following  is  the  list  of  the  killed  and  wounded : — 

''Company   A.      Wounded,    Private,     Samuel    Stone,    neck, 
severely. 

Company  C.   Wounded,  ist  Lieutenant,  Ira  A.  Graham,  breast, 
severely. 

Company  E.     Killed,  ist  Lieutenant,  Franklin  liartlett;  wound 
ed,  1st  Sergeant,  George  I\.  Hassett,  arm. 

Companv   F.     Wounded,    Private,  Thomas  Shean,  hand. 

Campany  K.  Wounded,  Private,  Crayton  Hillings,  breast, 
slightly." 

Lieutenant  Franklin  I'artlett  was  the  youngest  officer  in  the 
regiment,  lie  was  horn  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  in  1845,  and  was  but 
seventeen  years  old  when  he  enlisted.  lie  was  promoted  to  cap 
tain,  but  his  commission  was  not  received  until  after  his  death. 
Although  slight  of  frame  and  young,  he  bore  his  part  unflinch 
ingly.  His  remains  were  taken  to  Bridgeport  for  funeral  ser- 
\ices  and  he  was  borne  to  the  grave  by  six  commissioned  offi 
cers,  including  Lieutenants  Hawley  and  knowlton  of  the  Four 
teenth  Regiment,  llis  was  a  life  of  loyal  and  successful  endeav 
<:r  to  be  of  use  to  his  comrades  and  his  countrv.. 

The  following  is  the  official  report  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  A. 
Moore  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 

"Headquarters     Fourteenth     Connecticut     Volunteers, 

March  ^th,  1865. 
Brigadier  (Jeneral  If.  J.  MORSK, 

Adjutant-General  State  of  Connecticut. 
General : — 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  as  a  report  of  the  part 
taken  by  this  regiment  in  the  late  operations. 

We  left  cam])  near  the  Davis  House  on  the  morning  of  the 
5th  of  February,  about  /  A.  M.,  and  marched  down  the  Vaughn 
Road,  until  near  1 1  atelier's  Run,  when  we  countermarched,  and 
marched  by  a  road  on  the  left  to  the  Armstrong  House,  where  we 
took  position  in  support  of  the  loth  Mass.  IJattery.  Here  we  re 
mained  until  about  ^  P.  M.  At  that  time,  the  enemv  having  at- 


328  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

tacked  the  line  on  our  right,  we  changed  front  forward  on  first 
company,  bringing  our  line  at  a  right  angle  with  the  line  at 
tacked.  This  was  done  to  repel  any  attack  which  might  come 
from  that  direction.  It  was  here,  and  while  changing  front,  that 
?he  casualties  which  I  have  to  report  occurred.  We  remained 
in  this  position  until  the  morning  of  the  nth  inst.,  when  we 
marched  to  our  present  camp., 
T  am,  General, 

Very   respectfully, 
Your  obedient  servant, 

S.  A.  MOORH, 
Lieutenant-Colonel   commanding   regiment." 

The  troops  returned  to  cam])  tired  and  wet.  After  this  skir 
mish  at  Hatcher's  Run  there  was  a  better  supply  of  rations  and 
very  little  for  the  men  to  do.  To  many  of  the  men  it  was  a  try 
ing  time,  it  was  either  a  speedy  cessation  of  hostilities  and  they 
would  be  allowed  to  see  their  dear  ones  at  home  or  it  would  be 
(ieath.  Two  or  three  corps  reviews  took  place.  General  Grant  be 
ing  the  reviewing  officer.  The  troops  were  well  dressed  on  these 
occasions,  marched  well  and  felt  in  good  spirits. 

On  the  25th  of  March  rations  for  five  days  were  served  and 
ammunition  of  cartridges  given  out.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore 
had  been  detailed  to  take  a  force  of  five  hundred  men  and  make 
a  demonstration  near  the  left  of  the  line.  This  was  for  the  pur 
pose  of  drawing  the  attention  of  the  enemy  from  movements 
along  other  parts  of  the  line.  The  Fourteenth  Regiment,  the 
'i  welfth  Xew  Jersey,  the  Sixty-Ninth  and  One  Hundred  and 
Sixth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers  were  assigned  to  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Moore  for  this  purpose.  On  the  way  to  the  picket  line, 
it  was  subject  to  some  shelling  by  the  enemy  without  doing  any 
harm.  Four  companies  of  the  Fourteenth  were  deployed  as  skir 
mishers  under  comand  of  Captain  Murdock  and  one  company 
under  Lieutenant  Russell  as  flankers.  They  found  the  enemy 
strongly  posted  on  the  opposite  side  of  Hatcher's  Run.  To  cross 
the  Run  was  difficult  and  at  times  seemed  almost  impossible,  but 
finally  succeeded  and  the  works  were  taken  with  about  seventy 
prisoners.  About  eleven  o'clock  the  command  returned  to  cam]) 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End,  329 

after  destroying  the  bridge  across  the  Run  which  the  men  had 
built.  There  were  no  officers  or  men  killed,  but  several  were 
wounded  severely. 

The  following  is  the  official  report  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  A. 
Moore  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 

''Headquarters  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers 

March  27,  1865. 
Brigadier-General  II.  ].  MORSE, 

Adjutant-General    of    Connecticut,    Hartford,    Conn. 

General  :- 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  that  upon  the  2^th  instant  I  was  de 
tailed  by  General  \\illiam  I  laves,  commanding  the  Second  Di 
vision.  Second  Corps,  to  take  a  force  of  five  hundred  men  and 
make  a  demonstration  near  the  left  of  the  line  held  by  the  corps, 
for  the  purpose  of  drawing  the  attention  of  the  enemy  from  move 
ments  which  were  taking  place  further  to  the  right. 

The  regiments  assigned  to  me  for  this  purpose  were  the  i_|-th 
Connecticut,  the  1 2th  Xew  Jersey,  6o,th  and  loOth  Pennsvlvan- 
ia  Volunteers. 

(  )n  our  way  out  to  the  picket  line  several  shells  were  thrown 
Tit  the  column  by  the  enemv,  without,  however,  doing  much  harm. 
I 'pon  reaching  the  picket  line,  near  the  Armstrong  house,  I  de 
ployed  four  companies  of  the  Fourteenth  as  skirmishers,  under 
command  of  Captain  M  unlock.  One  companv  under  Lieutenant 
Russell  was  also  deployed  upon  the  left,  as  flankers.  The  re 
mainder  of  the  command  being  formed  in  line  of  battle,  we  ad 
vanced  for  about  half  a  mile,  most  of  the  way  through  thick 
woods,  when  we  found  an  entrenched  skirmish  line  of  the  ene 
my,  strongly  posted  on  the  opposite  side  of  Hatcher's  Run. 

We  attacked  them,  but  for  a  time  it  seemed  impossible  for  the 
men  to  ford  the  Run,  it  being  wide  and  deep,  and  the  trees  from 
both  ranks  being  felled  into  the  steam,  so  that  their  branches 
presented  a  very  serious  obstacle  to  crossing. 

At  length,  however,  our  skirmishers  effected  a  passage,  captur 
ing  the  enemy's  works,  with  about  seventy  prisoners,  one  of  whom 
"vas  a  commissioned  officer.  Another  commissioned  officer  was 


330  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

taken  at  a  house  about  half  a  mile  farther  on.  Near  this  house 
an  earthwork  was  found  which  had  been  thrown  up  for  artil 
lery,  but  which  was  unoccupied. 

I  did  not  think  it  advisable  to  advance  any  further  with  the 
small  force  under  my  comand.  A  bridge  was  built  across  the 
Run  and  a  skirmish  line  established,  the  main  part  of  the  force, 
however,  being"  kept  on  this  side.  The  enemy  were  seen  moving 
in  the  woods  beyond,  in  considerable  numbers,  but  they  made 
i'O  effort  to  retake  the  ground  that  they  had  lost. 

At  about  II  o'clock  P.  AI.,  the  object  for  which  we  were  sent 
out  having  been  accomplished,  we  returned  to  cam]),  after  hay- 
destroyed  the  bridge  across  the  Run. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  casualties  sustained  by  the  Four 
teenth  Connecticut  Volunteers: — 

2cl  Lieutenant,  John  T.  Ilradley,  Company  I\,  \vounded  in  arm, 
severely. 

1st  Sergeant.  Russell  (ilenn,  Company  A,  winded  in  breastt, 
severely. 

Private,  Dennis  Driscol,  Company  I),  wounded  in  leg,  severely. 

Private,  William  Young,  Company  I,  wounded  in  leg,  severely. 

Private,  John  Bayhan,  Company  1\,  wounded  in  neck,  severely. 

Private,  Jesse  J.  Jloadley,  Company  K,  wounded. 

We  lost  no  officers  or  men,  killed. 

I  am  happy  to  state  that  the  officers  and  men  behaved  well  in 
all  respects  in  this  affair.  Captain  M  unlock,  commanding  the 
skirmish  line.  Captain  Morgan,  commanding  the  remaining  com 
panies  of  the  regiment,  and  Adjutant  I  lincks,  all  rendered  me  val 
uable  assistance. 

The  following  named  enlisted  men  distinguished  themselves, 
being  the  first  to  cross  the  Run,  some  of  them  wading  in  water  up 
to  their  necks  : — 

jst  Sergt.  Russell  (ilenn,  Co.  A.,  Private  Pierce  Harron,  Co.  I'. 
Sergt.  Everett  L.  Dudley,  Co.  G.,  Private  Kdward  Rilev,  Co.  E. 
Corp.  Hiram  H.  Fox,  Co.  15.,  Private  George  W  Smith,  Co  F. 
Private  Patrick  Moore,  Co.  A.,  Private  George  \Y.  Sanford, 
Co.  FT. 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  331 

Private    James   Kerns,    Co.    l>..    Private    Pierre    Morel,    Co.    K. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

SAMUEL  A.    MOORE, 

Lieutenant-Colonel 
Commanding  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers. 

Sergeant  Charles  ( 1.  IHatchley  gives  the  folowing  description 
rf  the  months  spent  before  Petersburg: — "The  record  of  these 
nine  months  before  Petersburg  would  make  a  very  monotonous 
story.  There  are  in  them  intenselv  stirring  incidents  ;  night  at- 
vicks  on  both  sides;  the  thrilling  experence  of  creeping  noiseless 
ly  up  with  bated  breath  toward  their  lines  one  moment,  and  the 
next  enveloped  in  the  blinding  Hash  of  suffocating  smoke  of 
battle.  1  only  had  this  once,  once  was  enough.  (  )r  lying  behind 
cur  own  works  with  the  read}'  rirles  loaded  and  capped  as  they 
were,  even  when  we  slept  on  them  ;  peering  through  the  darkness 
into  the  black  space  in  front  of  us,  to  find  it  suddenly  swarming 
full  of  the  gray  and  the  butternut  in  the  mad  attempt  to  break 
our  lines.  (  )r  perhaps  back  in  the  bomb-proofs,  which  we  had 
L'arned  to  build,  after  from  eighteen  to  twenty-four  hours  dutv  in 
ihe  front  line,  just  lying  down  for  a  little  rest,  before  our  eyes 
were  fairly  closed  to  he  called  out  by  the  quick  sharp  rattle  of 
musketry  or  the  heavy  detonations  of  the  mortars  or  the  shriek 
ing  yell  of  the  rirlle  cannon  shots  as  they  came  tearing  through 
the  trees.  (  )ne  minute  in  those  days  was  ample  time  to  trans 
form  a  sleeping  soldier  on  the  reserve  into  a  soldier  alert,  armed 
c.nd  accoutered,  all  ready  for  business.  \Ye  always  slept  with  our 
clothes  on  and  unless  on  the  rear  reserve  with  our  accoutrements 
on  and  the  right  hand  on  the  barrel  of  the  rirle. 

\Ye  did  a  great  deal  of  what  was  called  fatigue  duty  in  this 
campaign.  Soldiers  became  adepts  in  the  handling  of  the  pick 
and  shovel,  and  when  the  necessity  arose,  a  level  plain  would  be 
transfigured  with  breastworks  and  forts  in  an  almost  incredibly 
short  space  of  time.  This  work  was  not  without  its  excitements  ; 
we  did  not  love  it,  but  it  was  not  because  it  was  not  dangerous 
enough.  1  remember  working  upon  one  of  the  extensions  of  the 


332  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

fortifications,  commonly  called  among  the  soldiers  Fort  Hell. 
The  rebel  fort  Damnation  was  immediately  opposite,  and  both 
forts  were  appropriately  named.  The  entrance  to  Fort  Hell  was 
by  means  of  what  was  known  as  the  Jerusalem  Plank  Road  and 
the  opposite  fort  had  a  clean  sweep  of  that  road  from  their  parapet. 

We  were  constantly  changing  position  here  and  the  monotonous 
round  went  from  picket  to  fatigue  duty,  and  fatigue  duty  to  pick 
et;  building  quarters  one  day,  moving  out  the  next ;  called  out  with 
sudden  alarms,  or  taking  part  in  sudden  sallies;  one  (lav  off  to 
the  right  of  the  line,  the  next  to  the  left  or  in  the  center.  Day  by 
day  our  lines  were  lengthened,  then  straightened  and  shortened 
and  lengthened  again,  and  the  process  repeated  again  and  again, 
compelling  the  enemy  to  weaken  their  line  to  meet  these  move 
ments  until  all  was  readv  for  the  great  final  assault,  which  crushed 
the  whole  with  one  great  blow." 

Monday  and  Tuesday,  March  2/th  and  28th,  1864,  the  Four 
teenth  rested  in  its  comfortable  camp  for  the  last  time  as  on  the 
morning  of  the  2<jth  the}'  marched  out  through  the  picket  line 
and  moved  up  Hatcher's  Run,  drove  in  the  rebel  picket  and  threw 
up  two  lines  of  breastworks.  They  did  this  amidst  a  drenching 
rain  which  lasted  for  several  days.  March  3Oth  the  regiment  was 
moved  farther  to  the  left  and  the  left  wing  was  sent  out  as  skir 
mishers.  There  was  sharp  work  along  the  line  all  day  and  verv 
heavy  firing  to  the  right  and  left.  The  regiment  slept  on  their 
arms  along  the  line  until  two  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the  3ist, 
when  another  move  was  made  to  the  left,  the  men  wading  in  mud 
nearly  up  to  their  knees.  "If  there  was  one  thing  more  than 
another  that  became  indelibly  impressed  upon  the  men's  mind.-; 
of  the  Fourteenth  in  their  peregrinations  wth  the  Army  of  the 
I'otomac  it  was  plodding  through  this  everlasting  Virginia  mud. 
It  was  one  of  the  most  powerful  allies  of  the  rebel  host  in  the 
winter  and  spring  movements,  it  had  a  variety  of  consistency,  it 
could  be  struck  thick  or  thin  and  usually  knee  deep.  The  boys 
facetiously  designated  their  feet  as  'pontoons,'  'mud  scows'  and 
'ambulances'.  It  was  no  macadamized  road  and  the  cry  of  'On  to 
Richmond'  was  generally  over  a  five  mile  course  in  Virginia  mud 
loaded  with  their  forty  pound  knapsacks,  sixty  rounds  of  car- 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  333 

t ridges  and  haversacks  filled  with  four  days  rations.''  It  is  no 
wonder  that  the  men  of  the  Fourteenth  responded  tardily  to  the 
appellation  of  the  sacred  soil  of  Virginia. 

April  ist  the  weather  cleared  and  the  sun  shown  warm  and 
1 -right.  There  was  heavy  fighting  on  the  right  and  left,  but  the 
•.egiment  did  nothing  but  take  care  of  the  gunners  in  their  front. 
'!  he  men  slept  upon  their  arms.  April  2(1  the  regiment  moved 
still  farther  to  the  left  to  the  Roydton  Plank  Road  and  then  ad 
vanced  in  line  of  battle  through  the  rebel  works,  the  enemy  fall- 
ing  back  as  they  approached.  At  two  o'clock  April  4th  the  march 
was  resumed  and  rations  were  served  and  the  regiment  moved 
forward.  It  rained  some  during  the  day  and  a  train  of  wagons 
r.nd  some  prisoners  were  captured.  April  5th  the  regiment 
started  early  and  marched  all  day,  being  out  as  skirmishers,  driv 
ing  the  rebels  continuously  and  taking  some  prisoners.  At  night 
the  regiment  went  out  on  picket. 

During  these  days  of  marching  back  and  forth  there  hung 
over  the  minds  of  many  of  the  regiment  a  bow  of  hope  that  the 
end  was  not  far  oil.  The  resistance  of  the  enemy  was  visibly 
more  feeble  and  showed  lack  of  well  devised  plans  both  of  attack 
and  defense.  April  /th  the  regiment  started  again  at  daylight  and 
i.nder  the  shell  fire  drove  the  enemy  back  over  the  river  at  High 
llridge.  The  enemy  was  attempting  to  fire  High  Bridge,  but  was 
prevented.  Here  a  sharp  fight  was  had,  but  the  bridge  was 
>aved  and  the  enemy  driven  through  Farmville.  April  <;th  they 
were  again  in  line  early,  but  the  march  was  slow  and  at  noon 
i:  halt  was  made  to  await  orders.  Toward  night  there  was  a 
sharp  skirmish  and  a  number  of  artillery  were  captured. 

Sergeant  Charles  ( i.  Blatchley  has  this  to  say  of  the  engage 
ment  at  High  F>ridge  and  the  days  immediately  following: — 
"(  )ur  last  engagement  with  the  enemy  was  at  the  crossing  of  the 
Appomattox  River  at  High  Bridge.  We  came  upon  them  at 
daylight,  setting  fire  to  the  bridge  ;  men  forgot  all  rules  and  dis 
cipline  in  the  enthusiasm  of  the  moment.  General  Barlow,  who 
commanded  our  division,  rode  at  the  head  of  the  column  with  his 
staff  over  the  bridge  into  the  ranks  of  the  enemy,  firing  his  pistol 
at  them  as  they  were  trying  to  apply  the  match  to  the  tar  on  the 


334  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

bridge.  After  him  went  the  ( )ne  hundred  and  Kighth  Xe\v  York 
and  then  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut.  \Ye  began  to  fire  from  the 
bridge  marching1  by  the  Hank,  without  orders  and  without  any 
line  of  battle.  This  was  the  only  time  I  ever  saw  this  movement 
executed.  Across  the  bridge  we  formed  quickly  in  the  meadow 
and  on  we  went  for  miles  over  the  hills,  through  the  town  of 
j/armville,  where  we  chased  the  retreating  foe  and  charged  on 
the  hen-coops  of  the  village  at  the  same  time.  We  did  not  lose 
a  single  man  in  this  charge,  so  far  as  I  know,  though  we  had 
some  very  narrow  escapes.  As  we  came  on  to  the  top  of  one  of 
the  hills,  a  shell  buried  itself  in  the  ground  at  my  feet  and  ex 
ploded,  literallv  covering  me  and  the  men  next  me  with  gravel 
stones,  but  without  hurting  any  of  us  . 

Just  at  nightfall  of  that  day  the  last  man  in  our  brigade  to 
give  his  life  for  his  country  was  killed,  that  was  our  commanding 
(ieneral  Smyth,  as  noble  a  fellow  as  ever  held  a  sword.  Our 
congratulations  over  that  days  work  were  changed  suddenlv  to 
gloom  and  many  a  soldier  cried  that  night  at  the  loss  of  a  man 
v  ho  had  shared  our  perils  and  hardships  so  constantly  and  so 
bravely. 

On  Sunday,  the  <)th,  late  in  the  morning  we  were  ordered  from 
the  road  into  the  field,  and  the  further  information  was  given  that 
we  were  to  have  twenty  minutes  for  coffe  :  this  order  was  looked 
upon  with  suspicion.  Such  an  order  had  not  been  issued  for 
weeks,  at  least,  and  it  was  grimly  asserted  that  the  soldiers  knew 
enough  to  get  their  breakfast  without  orders,  and  that  the  officers 
knew  this,  therefore  this  order  had  some  sinister  meaning.  Some 
few  went  to  the  business  of  making  the  coffee,  most  of  us  too 
tired  to  care  much,  lay  down  to  rest  instead.  Twenty  minutes 
passed,  an  hour  passed,  two  hours  passed,  still  we  lay  there  and 
no  signs  of  any  change.  Strange  rumors  began  to  find  currency  ; 
some  one  had  seen  the  rebel  lines  with  guns  stacked  and  had 
heard  that  a  proposition  for  surrender  had  been  made  ;  then  that 
Lee  had  actually  surrendered.  This  news  was  tabooed  by  nearly 
everybody,  and  the  very  few  that  even  dared  to  think  there  might 
be  something  in  it  were  laughed  at  as  credulous  fools;  but  the 
iiimors  grew  thicker  and  more  positive  and  finally  some  of  our 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  335 

officers  went  up  to  investigate.  Their  report  made  some  converts, 
but  the  majority  remained  unbelieving  still.  The  thing-  that  fin 
ally  settled  the  question  was  the  firing  of  blank  cartridges  by  a 
battery  of  artillery  in  the  ravine  behind  us.  This,  however,  was 
quickly  stopped.  General  Grant  refused  to  allow  anything1  that 
looked  like  exultation  over  a  fallen  foe.  The  most  extraordinary 
scene  I  think  I  ever  witnessed  was  that  which  greeted  the  ap 
pearance  of  General  Meade  passing  through  the  lines  to  con 
gratulate  his  troops  on  the  victory.  Men  were  completely  be 
side  themselves  ;  they  flunk  their  caps  into  the  air,  threw  their 
knapsacks  under  his  horse's  feet ;  danced  and  laughed  and  shout 
ed  and  rolled  on  the  ground  and  cried  all  at  the  same  time.  Men 
who  declared  when  they  went  into  that  field  in  the  morning  that 
they  were  so  foot-sore  that  another  step  was  impossible  went 
out  of  that  field  that  afternoon  to  the  tune  of  Yankee  Doodle, 
with  steps  as  light  as  boys  just  out  of  school." 

John  Hirst  writing  to  his  brother.  Sergeant  Benjamin  Hirst,  in 
a  letter  written  at  l>urkes'  Station  under  date  of  April  I  4th  says  :- 
"1  write  to  let  you  know  we  are  all  right  after  our  great  march, 
in  pursuit  of  General  Lee.  I  suppose  you  know  more  about  it 
from  the  papers  than  I  can  tell  you,  but  1  am  glad  to  let  you 
Know  that  our  regiment  was  so  very  lucky  as  not  to  lose  a  man 
during  the  whole  march.  Colonel  .Moore  was  wounded  accident - 
"illv.  It  seems  he  had  alone  taken  four  prisoners  when  one  ot 
•iliem  started  to  run  away  and  the  Colonel  in  hastily  drawing  his 
revolver  fired  it  off,  the  ball  going  through  his  leg.  I  do  not  think 
he  is  hurt  very  badly  as  he  rode  oft  alone  to  have  it  dressed,  sav 
ing  as  he  went  that  he  was  good  for  four  more  Johnnies.  \Ye  did 
not  lose  many  men  in  our  division  during  the  whole  time  after  we 
got  the  rebels  started,  but  we  have  a  great  number  played  out  with 
sore  feet  and  a  great  many  others  are  barefooted.  All  of  us  are 
in  good  spirits  over  the  result.  I  tell  vou  after  we  once  got  in 
side  their  works,  we  pushed  them  harder  than  men  were  ever 
drove  before.  They  had  to  leave  their  hospital  and  commissary 
tents  standing  and  the  first  day  we  captured  a  great  number  of 
prisoners.  The  second  day  they  got  the  start  of  us  and  it  was 
night  before  we  came  up  to  them,  but  we  kept  taking  prisoners 
all  along  the  road  and  cutting  off  their  wagon-trains.  This  was 


336  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

kept  up  day  after  day  until  General  Lee  surrendered  last  Sunday. 
The  rebels  themselves  destroyed  a  lot  of  stuff  to  keep  it  from 
falling  into  our  hands.  I  never  saw  men  more  demoralized  than 
they  were  after  we  got  them  started.  (  )ur  army  moved  in  heav\ 
columns,  each  corps  moving  in  three  columns  and  in  supporting 
distance  of  each  other.  In  front  of  all  was  a  heavy  skirmish  line 
which  was  sure  to  keep  the  rebels  moving.  At  High  l>ridge  on 
the  railroad  our  brigade  under  ( ieneral  Smyth  had  a  nice  little 
skirmish  with  the  rebels,  who  were  trying  to  set  it  on  fire,  but 
our  boys  were  too  smart  for  them  and  got  it  before  one  span 
was  burnt;  and  what  little  damage  was  done  can  soon  be  fixed 
up.  The  wagon  bridge  was  captured  without  much  damage,  Gen 
eral  liarlow,  commanding  our  division,  says  it  was  the  prettiest 
skirmish  he  ever  saw.  I  am  sorry  to  say  that  (leneral  Thomas 
\.  Smyth,  commanding  our  brigade,  was  mortally  wounded  in 
this  engagement  and  died  soon  afterwards.  P>ut  what  is  the  use  of 
•ny  writing  more  than  to  say  that  when  (ieneral  Lee's  lines  were 
uroken,  he  had  sixtv  thousand  men  and  when  he  surrendered  he 
had  but  eleven  thousand  muskets.  The  woods  were  swarming  with 
rebels  who  had  been  fleeing  on  their  own  hook  and  the  day  after 
the  surrender  over  ten  thousand  came  in  and  were  paroled.  I 
Mippose  you  had  a  big  time  of  it  in  the  Xorth  when  you  got  the 
news,  for  I  tell  vou  the  bovs  did  some  shouting  here  when  (ien 
eral  Meade  came  along  and  told  us  the  news." 

The   following  is  the  list  of  wounded   from    March   ^otli   to 
April  loth  : — 

"Lieutenant-Colonel,  S.  A.   Moore,  leg.  flesh  wound. 

Company    A.      Private,    Richard    Wallace,    contusion    by    shell, 
slightly. 

Company   I>.      Private,   lames  Kerns,  wrist,  severely." 

The  following  report  was  nride  by  Captain   [.  Frank  Morgan  to 
tlie  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 

"Headquarters  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
April  1 1111,1865. 

Brigadier-General  Horace  I.  A  Torse. 

Adjutant-General   State  of  Connecticut. 
General : — 

1   have  the  honor  to  report  that  during  the  past  twelve  davs 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  337 

this  regiment  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  movements  which 
resulted  in  the  capture  of  Richmond  and  Petersburg,  and  the 
surrender  of  Lee's  army. 

During-  this  time  it  has  marched,  with  the  Second  Corps,  a 
part  of  which  it  forms,  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles, 
ih rough  an  unknown  and  difficult  country,  skirmishing  frequently 
with  the  rear  guard  of  the  enemy. 

Frequently,  too,  during  this  time,  we  were  without  rations,  our 
supplv  trains  were  unable  to  keep  up  with  us,  and  as  we  were 
given  no  time  to  collect  food  from  the  country,  there  was  much, 
suffering  from  hunger.  This  was  for  the  most  part  uncomplain 
ingly  borne,  the  men  appearing  to  be  so  impressed  with  the  neces 
sity  of  giving  Lee's  shattered  army  no  rest  or  opportunity  for  es 
cape. 

The  captures  bv  our  brigade  during  the  above  period  amounted 
to  some  twenty  pieces  of  artillery,  fifteen  hundred  stand  of  small 
r.nns,  and  manv  prisoners.  It  was  also  in  a  skirmish  with  our 
brigade,  near  High  Hridge,  that  Colonel  Taylor,  (ieneral  Lee's 
Adjutant  (ieneral,  was  killed. 

It  would  be  a  difficult  matter  to  determine  which  of  the  regi 
ments  of  the  brigade  are  entitled  to  the  credit  of  the  captures  just 
rained,  but  it  is  indisputable  that  the  Fourteenth  did  its  full  share. 

(  )ur  losses,  owing,  I  presume,  to  the  rebels  being  so  fatigued 
i. ml  demoralized  as  to  be  incapable  of  fighting  well,  are  less  than 
they  have  been  upon  any  previous  occasion  when  we  have  met 
the  enemy. 

1   have  the  honor  to  be,   Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

J.    FRANK   MORC.AN, 
Captain,  commanding  regiment. 
(  )fficial  ; 
\\illiam   I>.   Hincks,  Adjutant." 

News  was  received  on  the  I5th  of  the  assassination  of  Presi 
dent  Lincoln  which  spread  a  gloom  over  the  hearts  of  the  men. 
On  the  day  of  his  funeral  at  Washington  appropriate  services 
were  held  at  brigade  headquarters,  Chaplain  Horn!  officiated  and 


338  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

the  regimental  band,  which  had  done  such  valiant  service  during 
the  regiment's  career,  furnished  music  for  the  sad  occasion. 

April  1 6th  the  regiment  was  putting  up  tents  and  on  the  I7th 
was  notified  it  was  likely  to  remain  here  for  some  time,  streets 
were  laid  out,  shanties  built  and  canvas  stretched  over  the  huts, 
streets  were  policed  and  the  regiment  remained  here  until  Ma* 
2d,  when  it  received  orders  to  move.  While  here  the  men  ming 
led  freely  with  the  Confederates  and  all  were  mutuallv  glad  the 
war  was  at  last  over.  At  one  o'clock  May  2<1  the  men  were  again 
on  the  march.  It  was  understood  that  thev  would  march  to 
Washington,  by  way  of  Richmond,  a  distance  of  about  two  hun 
dred  miles.  This  was  considered  a  long  distance,  but  every  mile 
covered  brought  the  men  nearer  to  their  homes,  there  was  little 
complaint  and  the  route  was  enlivened  by  songs  and  jests  and 
joyousness.  The  roads  were  passable  and  the  regiment  was  fre 
quently  greeted  by  companies  of  negroes  and  Confederates  who 
sang  songs  of  welcome  and  expressions  of  good  wishes  and  con 
gratulations  that  the  war  was  over.  May  6th  the  regiment  was 
within  the  environs  of  Richmond.  Tt  was  no  longer  ''On  to 
Richmond."  Even-  step  of  the  men  grew  firmer,  the  eve  brighter 
and  the  musket  grasped  with  more  loving  grip  than  ever.  The 
Fourteenth  Regiment  held  the  front  of  the  column,  preceded  bv 
r'ts  magnificent  band,  the  men  receiving  many  encomiums  for  their 
soldierly  appearance.  Up  past  Castle  Thunder,  that  sink  of 
degradation,  past  Libby  Prison,  that  hell  upon  earth,  and  on 
past  the  still  smoking  ruins  of  the  half  burned  city.  Approach 
ing  the  capitol  the  corps  was  ordered  to  shoulder  arms  and  pass 
in  review  by  General  Halleck.  After  a  short  rest  they  moved 
about  five  miles  out  of  the  city  where  they  encamped  for  the 
iiight.  The  march  was  continued  day  after  day,  making  some 
twenty-five  or  twenty-eight  miles  each  day.  Mav  loth  they  were 
near  the  old  battlefield  of  the  Wilderness,  the  fighting  ground  of 
Spottsylvania,  to  the  right  of  Laurel  11  ill  and  in  time  approached 
1he  land  overlooking  Fredericksburg.  Here  they  found  many 
tokens  of  the  fight  for  the  possession  of  the  citv.  The  men 
marched  on  quietly  without  noise,  as  if  conscious  of  moving  over 
ground  sanctified  by  the  suffering  and  death  of  their  comrades. 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  339 

They  rested  for  a  time  just  outside  the  city  and  ut  half  past  three 
passed  through  the  shot  riddled  streets,  stacked  their  arms  and 
rested  for  a  short  time  when  they  crossed  the  Rappahannock  on 
a  pontoon  bridge  and  the  Fourteenth  camped  near  its  old  camp 
ing  ground  near  Falmouth.  Everything  looked  familiar  to  the 
"old  boys"  who  knew  every  stump  and  tree  along  the  river.  May 
ii  th  the  column  moved  on  and  few  will  ever  forget  the  terrific 
thunder  storm  that  overtook  the  men.  Quite  a  number  of  horses 
Mid  mules  were  killed  by  lightning.  They  moved  about  three 
miles  during  this  storm  which  the  men  described  as  one  of  the 
most  awful  in  their  experience.  They  then  made  tents,  putting 
their  bayonets  in  their  guns  and  sticking  them  in  the  ground  and 
covering  them  with  blankets  or  canvas,  but  they  were  little  better 
than  nothing. 

May  1 5th  the  regiment  reached  Four  Mile  Run  near  Alexan 
dria,  \  a.,  where  they  encamped  to  await  the  grand  review  of  all 
the  troops  in  the  Tnited  States  Army.  Tt  was  rainy  and  the  time 
hung  heavily  with  the  men  as  every  hour  that  kept  them  from 
home  seemed  to  be  needless. 

Tuesday,  A  Fay  2^d,  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  marched  at  seven 
.?  clock*  in  the  morning  for  the  grand  review  at  Washington 
which  the\"  reached  at  ten  o'clock.  The  line  of  march  was  down 
Maryland  Avenue,  around  the  Capitol,  up  Pennsylvania  Avenuo 
and  then  back  to  camp.  They  were  cheered  heartily  and  the  boys 
gave  their  old  commander,  (General  Hancock,  a  royal  greeting. 

These  were  hilarious  days  for  the  boys  of  the  Fourteenth  as 
'veil  as  of  the  corps.  There  was  little  sleep  and  much  fun  and 
joking.  On  the  morning  of  the  3ist  the  regiment  was  again  in 
motion,  this  time  through  AYashington,  to  take  the  train  for  clear 
old  Connecticut.  There  was  little  military  restrictions  during  this 
journey  home.  They  passed  through  Baltimore  and  Philadelphia, 
being  received  along  the  line  with  enthusiasm.  At  Philadelphia 
they  had  supper  provided  by  the  "Cooper's  Shop  Soldiers  Aid 
Society"  and  in  Xew  York  thev  were  received  bv  State  Agent 
J.  11.  Almy  after  which  they  took  the  steamer  "Granite  State"  to 
1  Fartfonl,  arriving  there  Saturday,  the  8th  of  June. 

\Ye  quote   from   the    Hartford   Courant  the   following  account 


340  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

of  the  reception  of  the  regiment:- — "The  City  (Juan!,  Captain 
\Villiams  and  Governor's  Foot  Guard,  Major  Hunt,  headed  bv 
Colt's  Hand,  were  at  the  boat  to  receive  and  escort  the  regiment 
in  its  march  through  the  principal  streets  of  the  city  to  their 
camping  ground  on  Park  street.  .After  forming  in  line,  thev 
marched  up  State  Street  to  Central  Row,  where  they  stacked  arms 
and  Colonel  Bissell  made  a  short  address  of  welcome,  which  was 
icplied  to  in  behalf  of  the  regiment  by  their  colonel.  During  the 
speech  by  Colonel  I'issell,  Private  John  Geatley  of  Company  A, 
Bridgeport,  was  pointed  out  as  the  brave  soldier  who  captured 
three  rebels  at  Petersburg,  with  an  unloaded  musket.  He  was 
led  to  the  front  and  vociferously  cheered.  They  were  then  dis 
missed  (at  half  past  eleven)  for  breakfast,  which  had  been  wait 
ing  for  them  since  early  in  the  morning,  and  was  served  by  Cap 
tain  Parker  of  the  Trumbull  House.  After  breakfast  the  march 
was  resumed  through  the  principal  streets  to  the  camp  on  Park 
Street. 

The  returning  veterans  cnuld  not  but  have  been  gratified  at 
their  reception.  The  weather  has  been  beautiful  all  dav.  A  co'»l 
breeze  tempered  the  heat  of  the  sun  and  had  it  been  especially 
arranged  for  the  occasion,  it  could  not  have  been  better.  All 
along  the  line  of  march  the  national  tlag  was  thrown  to  the  breeze  : 
and  from  window  and  balcony  waving  of  handkerchiefs  and 
'welcome  home'  attested  the  joy  of  the  large  crowds  at  the  safe 
return  of  the  remaining  members  of  the  Fourteenth." 

The  boys  so  near  home  could  not  be  restrained  and  they  soon 
round  their  way  to  the  afternoon  trains.  Xot  one  in  five  had  any 
monev  to  pav  his  fare,  but  that  was  nothing,  "thev  were  going 
1:ome."  The  conductors,  be  it  said  to  their  credit,  uniformly 
passed  on  with  a  smile.  The  men  returned  June  the  loth,  and 
turned  over  their  camp  and  garrison  equipage.  Saturday,  June 
15th,  the  paymaster  arrived  and  the  men  were  paid  off,  com 
mencing  with  Company  A  and  received  their  discharges  which 
had  been  signed  in  Washington  May  3ist,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
?\Ioore  being  the  last  man  to  be  discharged  in  the  regiment. 

The  following  is  the  final  report  made  by  Colonel  Ellis  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: — 


r 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  34 1 

"Hartford,  Conn.,   February  271)1,    1866. 

Brigadier-General  II.  J.  Morse, 

Adjutant-General  State  of  Connecticut. 

General : — 

The  last  report  made,  brought  the  regiment  to  Burkesville 
junction,  where  it  remained  to  recruit  and  drill  for  several  weeks. 
Ivlaj.  Gen.  liarlow,  in  command  of  the  division,  on  witnessing  the 
dress  parade  of  the  regiment,  pronounced  it  the  best  of  the  twen 
ty-two  regiments  of  the  division.  The  steadiness  of  the  men  in 
ihc  ranks  was  particularly  noticed. 

The  news  of  the  assassination  of  President  Lincoln  was  receiv 
ed  by  telegraph  April  I5th.  On  the  da}'  of  the  funeral  in  Wash 
ington  appropriate  services  were  held  at  brigade  headquarters, 
at  which  Chaplain  I>ond,  of  the  I4th  Connecticut,  officiated,  and 
the  regimental  band  furnished  the  music. 

The  regiment  left  lUirkesville  Junction  on  April  3Oth,  and 
marched  for  Alexandria,  via  Richmond  and  Fredcricksburg. 
A\ Tien  the  second  corps  marched  through  Richmond,  May  5th, 
the  Fourteenth  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  column  of  20,000 
men  and  won  many  encomiums  from  the  troops  drawn  up  to  re 
ceive  them.  The  regimental  band,  which  was  second  to  none  in 
ihe  army,  took  its  share  of  praise.  The  column  passed  in  review 
before  General  I  lalleck,  and  marched  past  Libbey  Prison  and  Cas 
tle  Thunder,  where  so  many  of  our  comrades  had  been  confined. 
At  Fredericksburg  the  regiment  halted  and  stacked  arms,  on 
the  old  battle-ground  of  December  ijth,  1862,  reviving  the  sad 
reminiscences  of  that  eventful  day,  and  convincing  all  of  the 
litter  hopelessness  of  the  task  that  day  assigned  us. 

( )n  the  I4th  of  Mav  the  regiment  reached  the  vicinity  of  Mun- 
son's  Hill,  opposite  Washington,  and  went  into  camp.  On  the 
23(1,  it  took  part  in  the  grand  review  of  the  armies  of  the  United 
States. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  out  in  the  field,  on  the  3ist  of 
May,  1865  ;  and  at  once  proceeded  homeward,  leaving  Washing 
ton  on  the  1st  day  of  June. 

The  work  of  the  soldiers  was  done,  and  the  few  survivors  of 
the  three  years  campaign  were  in  high  spirits  at  the  prospect  of 


342  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

leturning  to  their  homes.     In  all,  18  officers  and  210  men  came 
home  with  the  regiment. 

\Ye  passed  through  Baltimore  and  Philadelphia  by  rail,  and 
were  very  flatteringly  received.  At  Philadelphia  we  were  enter 
tained  and  provided  with  a  supper  hv  the  'Cooper's  Shop  Sold 
iers  Aid  Society'.  Upon  our  arrival  at  Xew  York  we  were  re 
ceived  by  the  gentlemanly  and  efficient  State  Agent,  Col.  J.  ]  I. 
Almy,  who  had  provided  dinner  and  quarters  for  the  men  at  the 
Battery  barracks,  and  a  small  steamboat  to  carry  the  regiment 
around  to  the  '(Iranite  State',  which  was  to  carry  us  to  Hartford. 

For  the  credit  of  the  regiment  I  would  here  state,  that  no 
restrictions  were  put  upon  the  movements  of  the  men  during  the 
journey  home,  or  while  in  Xew  York.  The  necessity  for  strict 
discipline  was  past,  and  such  as  chose  left  the  boat  for  some 
hours. 

\Ye  arrived  at  Hartford  on  Saturday,  the  8th  of  June,  where 
we  were  received  with  every  possible  kindness  that  could  be  wish 
ed  for.  The  demonstrations  of  good  feeling  and  sympathy  for 
ihe  returning  soldiers  by  the  people  of  I  fartford,  will  ever  be  held 
in  grateful  remembrance  by  the  members  of  the  regiment. 

After  being  escorted  through  the  principal  streets  of  the  city, 
we  marched  to  the  rendezvous  on  Park  street.  The  men  were 
then  allowed  to  go  home  to  spend  Sabbath,  returning  the  next 
week  for  final  payment  and  discharge. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  that  this  regiment  during  the  tlmv 
years  that  it  was  in  active  service,  was  never  taken  away  from 
the  front.  It  participated  in  all  the  great  battles  fought  by  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  after  it  went  into  the  field  in  the  latter  part 
of  August,  1862,  until  the  fall  of  Richmond  and  the  surrender  of 
Lee.  It  has  taken  part  in  thirty-three  (33)  battles  and  skir 
mishes. 

The  regiment  has  captured  five  colors  and  two  guns,  from  the 
enemy  in  fair  fight,  and  more  prisoners  than  the  original  number 
<  f  the  regiment,  and  at  Ream's  Station  drew  off  part  of  AIc- 
Knight's  and  part  of  the  3d  Xew  Jersey  lotteries  which  had  been 
left  to  the  enemy. 

The  actual   loss  in   killed  and   wounded  has  been   upwards  of 


From  Hatcher's  Run  to  the  End.  343 

eight  hundred,  besides  the  many  counted  as  missing,  who  occupy 
unknown  graves  in  the  Wilderness  and  around  Petersburg. 

In  repeated  instances  the  regimental  commanders  have  earned 
and  received  commendation  from  their  superior  officers,  but  from 
i\  feeling  of  modesty  have  not  recorded  it.  The  character  and 
standing  of  the  regiment  in  the  field  was  considered  of  the  great 
est  importance,  and  little  was  done  for  reputation  at  home.  A 
high  state  of  discipline  was  always  maintained,  so  that  the  regi 
ment  was  called  'the  fourteenth  regulars,'  and  which  obtained 
tor  it  a  reputation  unsurpassed  by  any  other. 

While  under  my  command  the  regiment  never,  even  under  the 
hottest  fire,  gave  way  or  fell  back  without  orders,  and  often  held 
its  position  with  fixed  bayonets  after  the  ammunition  was  ex 
hausted. 

There  are  some  members  of  the  regiment  whose  names  have 
figured  but  little  in  official  reports,  who  have  had  much  to  do 
with  making  it  what  it  was.  Quarter-Master  C.  F.  Dibble,  who 
remained  with  the  regiment  from  its  organization  to  its  muster- 
out,  deserves  the  highest  praise,  and  the  thanks  of  every  man  in 
the  regiment  for  his  efficient  management  of  his  department. 
Me  waived  promotion  to  retain  his  position.  I  lad  he  left  us,  his 
place  could  not  have  been  satisfactorily  filled. 

Surgeon  V.  A.  Dudley  was  likewise  an  able  and  efficient  offi 
cer,  and  though  his  abilities  were  the  means  of  taking  him  away 
from  the  regiment  much  of  the  time,  to  take  charge  of  the  Divi 
sion  1  lospital.  yet  in  battle  he  was  alwavs  at  hand  to  attend  to  the 
\\ounded.  He  was  wounded  at  Gettysburg  and  taken  prisoner 
;>t  Hatcher's  Run,  October,  1864,  voluntarily,  through  his  zeal 
lor  our  wounded. 

Dr.  Levi  Jewett,  Assistant  Surgeon,  was  also  very  seriousK 
wounded  at  Ream's  Station,  August  25th,  1864,  while  attending 
to  the  wounded.  A  shell  exploded  near  him  and  badly  shattered 
the  bones  of  his  face  and  head. 

Assistant  Surgeon  Charles  Tomlinson  is  also  deserving  of  great 
credit  for  the  fearlessness  with  which  he  followed  the  regiment 


344  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

into  many  of  the  hottest  engagements  to  attend  to  the  immediate- 
\vants  of  the  \voiinded. 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

THEODORE  G.  ELLIS, 
Late   Colonel    14th    Conn.    Vols. 

and  Hrevet  Brigadier-General." 

And  thus  we  come  to  the  close  of  the  service  of  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment.  It.  indeed,  took  a  heroic  and  prominent  part  in  what 
was  in  many  respects  the  most  important  and  remarkable  conflict 
of  arms  in  modern  times.  That  conflict,  so  weighty  in  its  import 
to  the  destiny  of  our  country,  settling  as  it  did  many  momentous 
questions,  to  which,  when  the  nation  had  become  adjusted,  urged 
;i  along  the  high  road  of  progress  and  development  in  all  the 
better  achievements  of  national  life.  P>ut  at  what  cost?  Figures 
4ail  to  express  it,  words  cannot  portray  it,  a  glance  through  these 
}  ages  may  give  but  a  hint  of  it. 

This  record  has  followed  the  regiment  from  the  time  it  moved 
(lown  the  Sound  on  that  tranquil  summer  afternoon  in  1862.  the 
dear  old  State  dissolving  from  view  by  the  enveloping  shadow  of 
night,  has  traced  it  on  its  long  tedious  marches,  noted  it  in  days  of 
hunger  and  suffering  and  distress,  has  been  with  it  on  the  lonely 
bivouac  and  recorded  the  bravery  of  its  men  on  many  a  hard 
fought  battlefield.  If  any  one  perusing  this  record,  imperfect  as 
it  is,  gains  therefrom  a  larger  impulse  of  patriotism  and  a  broader 
c .nd  more  hopeful  view  of  our  country's  destiny  that  patriot 
ism  and  hopefulness  will  be  a  portion  of  the  inheritance  be 
queathed  to  him  by  the  fortitude  and  valor,  suffering  and  bravery 
«-f  the  noble  Fourteenth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers. 


SUMMARY. 

The  following  is  the  official  summary  of  the  Regiments'  ser 
vice  published  bv  the  Adjutant-General  of  Conn.,  in  his  annual 
report  for  i  86(> : 

The  Fourteenth  Regiment  was  organized  in  August,  1862.  and 
left  Hartford  for  Washington,  1).  C.,  on  the  25th  dav  of  August, 
1862,  numbering  one  thousand  and  fifteen  (1,015)  officers  and 
men.  It  was  immediately  attached  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
Mid  remained  in  that  army  for  nearly  three  years,  taking  an  act 
ive  part  in  all  of  its  campaigns,  and  was  finally  mustered  out 
(  f  service  on  tile  3  i  st  of  Mav,  1865. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  regiment,  six  hundred  and  ninetv- 
^ even  (Cx)1/)  substitute  and  volunteer  recruits  have  been  received 
from  the  State,  thus  making,  with  the  one  thousand  and  fifteen 
('1,015)  original  men,  a  total  number  of  one  thousand  seven  hun 
dred  and  twenty-six  (  1,720),  who  have  served  in  its  ranks.  At 
the  date  of  its  muster  out  the  regiment  numbered  two  hundred  and 
thirty-four  (234)  officers  and  men,  present  and  absent. 

The   regiment  has  taken   part   in   the   following 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Anlictam,  Md..  September  i/th,  1862.  Loss  in  killed,  2  com 
missioned  officers,  and  ig  enlisted  men  ;  wounded.  2  commissioned 
officers,  and  86  enlisted  men  ;  missing,  28  enlisted  men.  Total 
loss,  137. 

Frcdcricksburg,  I\L,  December  I3th,  1862.  Loss  in  killed,  i 
commissioned  officer:  <;  enlisted  men;  wounded.  10  commissioned 
officers,  82  enlisted  men  :  missing,  20  enlisted  men.  Total  loss, 

122. 

Chaiiccllors-i'illc,    /'</.,    Alay    ist,    2(1  and    3d,    1863.      Loss    in 

vounded,   3   commissioned   officers,   34  enlisted   men  ;   missing.   2 

commissioned  officers,   17  enlisted  men.  Total  Joss,  56. 

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346  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

Gettysburg,  Pa.,  July  2d  and  3d,  1863.  Loss  in  killed,  10  en 
listed  men;  wounded,  10  commissioned  officers,  42  enlisted  men; 
missing,  4  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  66. 

Falling  Waters,  ]'*a.,  July  I4th,  1863. 

Auburn,  J'a.,  October  14,  1863. 

Bristoc  Station,  I'a.,  October  i4th,  1863.  Loss  in  killed,  4 
enlisted  men;  wounded,  I  commissioned  officer,  17  enlisted  men; 
missing,  4  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  26. 

Blackburn's  Ford,  I'a.,  October  I7th,  1863. 

Mine  Run,  I'a.,  November  29th,  1863.  Loss  in  wounded,  2  en 
listed  men;  captured,  12  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  14. 

Morton's  Ford,  I'a.,  February  6th,  1864.  Loss  in  killed,  6  en 
listed  men;  wounded,  7  commissioned  officers,  83  enlisted  men; 
missing,  i  commisssioned  officer,  18  enlisted  men.  Total  loss, 

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Wilder  ness,  J'a.,  A  fay  5th  and  6th,  1864. 

Laurel  Hill,  Va.,  May  loth,  1864. 

Spottsylrania,  I'a.,  May  I2th,   r3th,   I4th,   i8th  and  22d,  1864. 

North  Anna  Rvrer,  I'a.,  Mav  24th  and  2nth,  1864. 

Totopotomay,   Va.,  May  3ist,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  I'a.,  June  3d,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  I'a.,  June  6th,  1864. 

Loss  (from  May  5th  to  June  6th)  in  killed,  1  commissioned 
officer,  20  enlisted  men;  wounded,  n  commissioned  officers,  I2<) 
enlisted  men  ;  missing,  24  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  185. 

Petersburg,  I'a.,  June  nth  to  July  6th,  1864.  Loss  in  killed, 
3  enlisted  men;  wounded,  <;  enlisted  men;  missing,  2  enlisted 
men.  Total  loss,  14. 

Deep  Bottom,  I'a.,  August  T5th  and  i6th,  1864.  Loss  in 
killed,  I  enlisted  man  ;  wounded,  6  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  7. 

Ream's  Station,  I'a.,  August  25th,  1864.  Loss  in  killed,  i 
commissioned  officer,  4  enlisted  nun;  wounded,  4  commissioned 
officers,  14  enlisted  men  ;  missing,  2  commissioned  officers,  25 
enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  50. 

Boydton  Plank  Road,  I'a.,  October  27th,  1864.  Loss  in  killed, 
T  commissioned  officer,  i  enlisted  man  ;  wounded,  i  commissioned 
officer,  12  enlisted  men  ;  missing,  4  enlisted  men  ;  supposed  prison 
ers,  10  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  29. 


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Hatcher  s  Run,  I 'a..  February  5th,  1865.  Loss  in  killed,  I  com 
missioned  officer;  wounded,  i  commissioned  officer,  4  enlisted 
men.  7  otal  loss,  6. 

Hatcher's  Run,  l\i.,  March  25th,  1865.  Loss  in  wounded,  i 
commissioned  officer,  5  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  6. 

High  Bridge.  I'a..  Parmvllle,  I\L,  and  Surrender  of  Lee's  Army 
I  a.,  from  March  3Oth,  to  April  loth,  1865.  Loss  in  wounded,  i 
commissioned  officer,  2  enlisted  men.  Total  loss,  3.- 


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Died    of    disease,          . 

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APPENDIX. 
Organization  of  the  Society  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Regiment. 

It  is  not  surprising  that  the  men  who  had  passed  through  the 
sufferings  and  experiences  which  these  pages  have  attempted  to 
record  should  feel  a  tenderness  and  sympathy  for  each  other 
which  did  not  hind  them  to  average  men.  This  bond,  unsurpassed 
except  bv  ties  of  kinship,  served  as  a  cord  which  united  them  in 
a  subtile,  but  tangible  interest  and  fellowship.  It  has  been  a 
boast  of  the  American  people  that  its  citizen  soldiers,  who  had 
served  their  country  in  the  struggle  of  war,  fell  1  ick  into  the 
peaceful  relations  of  life  as  ice  dissolves  in  the  mellowing  tem 
perature  of  the  stream.  There  were  no  exceptions  to  this  in  the 
returning  members  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment.  After  their 
honorable  discharge,  each  sought  his  own  place  on  the  farm,  in 
the  store,  in  the  workshop,  in  the  counting  room  and  in  trade, 
each  performing  his  own  share  in  the  avocations  of  peace  and 
industry.  This  bond  of  sympathy  and  desire  for  association, 
however,  still  remained,  and  we  are  not  surprised  to  rind  there 
was  almost  simultanously,  with  the  close  of  the  war,  a  desire 
for  a  closer  association  of  the  members  of  the  regiment  where 
these  men  could  hold  meetings,  war  days  and  scenes  could  be 
rehearsed  and  their  experiences  be  recounted. 

To  further  this  purpose  an  attempt  was  made  to  form  a  union 
of  the  commissioned  officers  of  the  regiment  at  Xew  Haven  on 
September  17,  1866,  under  the  title  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut 
Regimental  I'nion.  This  was  followed  by  a  meeting  September 
17.  1867,  at  Xew  London.  This,  however,  was  hardly  democratic 
enough  for  the  members  of  the  Fourteenth  who  recognized  a 
brotherhoo  '  among  the  enlisted  men  as  well  as  among  the  com 
missioned  officers.  Consequently,  at  Middletown,  September 
17th,  1868,  an  organization  was  perfected  of  the  officers  and  en 
listed  men,  the  purpose  of  which  was  "to  assist  in  keeping  fresh 
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350  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

the  memories  and  strengthen  the  ties  of  friendship  formed  dur 
ing  the  years  of  service  in  the  Volunteer  Arm}-  of  the  United 
States."  This  association  was  to  be  bound  together  by  a  few 
by-laws,  rather  more  in  the  interests  of  order  than  restriction. 
The  constitution  and  by-laws  adopted  are  recorded  to  show  the 
scope  and  purpose  of  the  organ ''cation. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Adopted  September  i/th,  i88d,  and  amended  in  1893,  1897,  KJOJ  and  1903. 
Whereas,  '1  he  memhers  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  of  Connecticut 
Volunteers,  at  a  meeting-  held  at  the  Mel  )onough  House,  in  the  City  of 
Middletown,  State  of  Connecticut,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  September, 
1868,  resolved  to  form  an  organization,  composed  of  the  officers  and  en 
listed  men  of  said  Regiment,  for  the  purpose  of  perpetuating  reminiscen 
ces  of  the  past,  and  the  mutual  interests  of  its  members;  therefore  in  fur 
therance  of  this  object,  we,  the  said  members  present  at  said  meeting, 
hereby  enact  the  following 

BY-LAWS. 

Section    r.      I  he    name    of    this    organization    shall    be    "The    Society    of 
the    Fourteenth    Connecticut   Regiment." 

Section  2.  1  he  officers  of  this  organization  shall  consist  of  a  Presi 
dent,  two  Vice-Presidents,  a  Secretary,  (amended  in  1903  by  the  addition 
of  an  Assistant  Secretary),  a  Treasurer,  a  Chaplain,  (amended  in  KJOJ 
1>\  the  addition  of  an  Assistant  Chaplain),  a  Necrological  Committee  of 
two  and  an  Executive  Committee,  consisting  of  the  President,  Vice- 
Presidents,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Section  3.  The  election  of  officers  shall  take  place  annually,  at  the 
time  and  place  of  holding  the  yearly  meeting,  commemorative  of  the  first 
engagement  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  viz:  September  i/th. 

Section  _|.     The    place    of    meeting    for    each    year    shall    be    designated 
rit  the  previous  meeting,  by  a  vote  of  the  organization. 

Section  5.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  arrange  the  programme 
of  exercises,  and  transact  all  the  necessary  business  preparatory  for  and 
ai'  the  time  of  each  annual  meeting,  and  in  emergencies  shall  have  power 
to  change  the  place  and  time  of  the  annual  meeting. 

Section  6.  All  members  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Connecticut 
Volunteers  shall  be  eligible  to  membership,  who  have  received  an  hon 
orable  discharge  from  the  service  of  the  United  States  (amended  Sep 
tember  i6th.,  1893,  by  adding  'Any  son  of  a  member  or  deceased  member  of 
this  Society,  or  of  any  honorably  discharged  member  of  our  regiment, 
v.ho  has  attained  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and  is  of  good  moral  char- 


Appendix.  35 1 

acter,  and  of  good  standing  in  the  community  where  he  resides,  may  be 
come  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  Soeiety,  upon  the  recommendation  of 
the  Executive  Committee,  and  the  payment  of  the  regular  fees  and  dues 
of  active  members ;  such  honorary  member  to  have  the  privilege  of  attend 
ing  the  meetings  of  the  Society,  but  not  of  voting  on  its  strictly  busi 
ness  matters.'  Further  amended,  Sepember,  1897,  but  including  'wife 
or  daughter'  as  eligible  to  honorary  membership  under  the  same  limita 
tions  as  'sons'.) 

Section  7.  Any  person  eligible,  as  per  the  preceding  By-Law,  who 
shall  pay  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  organization  the  sum 
of  fifty  cents,  shall  be  deemed  and  declared  a  member  (or  honorary  mem 
ber)  of  the  organization,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Com 
mittee. 

Section  8.  Each  member  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  the  sum  of  fiftv 
cents,  at  the  time  of  each  annual  meeting.  The  money  so  received  shall 
be  used  toward  defraying  the  expenses  of  said  annual  meeting. 

Section  9.  These  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  annual  meeting." 

The  General  Assembly  of  Connecticut  at  the  January  Session, 
1886,  passed  a  special  act  incorporating 

The  Society  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Regiment,  which 
act  was  approved  by  His  Excellency,  Governor  Henry  B.  Harri 
son,  February  iQth,  1886. 

It  seems  fitting  that  the  annual  reunion  should  be  fixed  upon 
September  I7th,  the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Antietam,  where 
the  regiment  had  its  first  experience  in  battle.  These  meetings 
have  usually  been  held  in  various  cities  and  localities  from  which 
any  number  of  members  were  enlisted,  and  have  been  character 
ized  by  good  feeling  and  comradeship.  One  of  the  features  of  the 
organization  has  been  a  necrological  committee  whose  duty  it  has 
been  to  record  biographical  sketches  of  deceased  members  from 
year  to  year.  While,  as  it  has  been  intimated,  these  meetings  have 
been  characterized  by  close  companionship  and  a  recital  of  scenes 
and  trials  of  their  service,  there  has  been  a  shadow  of  sorrow  as 
these  records  of  departed  comrades  have  been  read  from  year  to 
year ;  once  it  may  be  the  beloved  officer,  at  another  time  the 
genial  man  in  the  ranks,  all  brothers  in  the  family  of  the 
Fourteenth. 

The  minutes  of  these  regimental  reunions  have  been  published 


352  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 

from  year  to  year  by  its  Recording  Secretary,  Comrade  J.  \Y. 
Knowlton,  and  a  copy  placed  in  the  State  Library  at  Hartford. 

While  the  business  of  these  meetings  may  be  said  to  have  been 
largely  of  a  routine  character,  there  have  been  many  pleasant  and 
interesting  incidents.  At  several  of  the  meetings  the  old  tattered 
Mags  of  the  regiment  have  been  loaned  by  the  state. 

In  18/1,  at  Rockville,  Governor  Marshall  Jewell  and  staff  were 
guests  of  the  Society. 

In  18/2,  at  Madison,  Mrs.  Willard,  wife  of  Captain  Willard, 
distributed  copies  of  the  last  words  of  her  husband. 

In  1873,  at  Waterbury,  a  daughter  of  Lieutenant  \Yadhams, 
(now  Mrs.  Ralph  X.  Blakeslee ),  was  introduced  by  ( ieneral 
Ellis  and  adopted  as  a  daughter  of  the  regiment. 

Fn  1878  titles  were  dropped  when  speaking  or  writing  of  the 
members  of  the  regiment,  excepting  where  allusions  were  made 
to  deceased  members. 

In  1879  the  annual  meeting  was  held  in  Hartford,  which  en 
abled  the  society  to  take  part  in  "Rattle  Flag  Dav,"  when  the  Mags 
carried  by  the  several  Connecticut  regiments  were  placed  in 
permanent  eases  in  the  Capitol.  At  this  meeting  Major  Hincks 
read  a  paper  on  the  fortunes  of  the  Mag  during  the  several  en 
gagements. 

In  1880  a  protest  was  made  against  the  promiscuous  use  of  the 
trefoil,  the  badge  of  the  Second  Corps. 

In  "1882  a  movement  was  started  for  a  monument  at  Gettys 
burg. 

In  1883  the  Society  took  part  in  the  unveiling  of  the  statue 
of  (iovernor  Buckingham  in  Hartford  June  i8th. 

In  1885,  at  Meriden,  a  beautiful  state  Mag  was  presented  from 
lady  friends  of  the  regiment  by  Miss  M.  B.  Chase,  daughter  of 
Comrade  Fred  A.  Chase,  Corresponding  Secretary. 

In  1887,  at  Xew  Britain,  steps  were  taken  for  the  decoration 
of  the  graves  on  Southern  battle-fields.  Chaplain  H.  S.  Stevens 
having  for  the  most  part  charge  of  the  work.  At  this  meeting 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Perkins'  war-horse  "Elizabeth"  was  led  into 
and  around  the  hall.  Also  a  letter  was  received  from  Mrs. 
George  E.  Pickett,  widow  of  General  George  E.  Pickett,  of  the 


Appendix.  353 

famous   charge   at   Gettysburg1,    who  presented   to   the    Society   a 

beautiful   floral   souvenir  of  pressed  flowers  and  grasses  picked 

upon  the  battle-field  of  Gettysburg.  Airs.   Pickett  wrote  as  fol 
lows  : — 

22  Grant  Place,  Washington,   I).  C.   September   i^th.    iSS". 
President  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Regimental  Association. 

My  dear  Sir: — Through  your  kind  courtesy  1  offer  to  the  'Fourteenth 
Connecticut  Regimented  Association,  this  little  Souverir  greeting  which  ha^ 
naught  to  commend  it  beyond  the  fact  that  each  il->\ver,  and  sprig  of  grass, 
was  plucked  from  the  sacred  soil  of  Gettysburg's  historic  field  by  my  own 
hands,  and  thus  shaped  as  a  Souvenir  of  the  great  day  on  which  the 
bravest  men  on  earth  came  together  from  the  North  and  the  South  .n 
the  fullness  of  their  love  and  reconciliation. — meeting  to  feel  they  were 
citizens  of  our  free  and  glorious  country,  their  own. 

The  daisies  of  July.  1863,  watered  in  blood  in  the  shriek  of  war. — those 
of  July.  1(887.  watered  in  tears  in  the  peace  of  heaven.  Mutually  forgiv 
ing  hearts,  hearts  that  live  to  vie  in  illustrating  one  cause'. 

Then  let  us  forever  rely  upon  the  truth,  of  that  holy  declaration.  'Bless 
ed  are  the  Peacemakers.' 

Sincerely    and    faithfully    yours, 

MRS.    GEORGE   F.    PICKETT." 

Tu  1893.  at  Rockville,  a  departure  was  made  from  the  usual 
rule  by  admitting  lineal  male  descendants  of  members  of  the  regi 
ment  to  honorary  membership  in  the  Society. 

In  1894.  at  Savin  Rock.  Colonel  Morris  visited  the  Society 
and  was  very  heartily  received.  This  was  a  little  over  a  week  be 
fore  his  death.  Movements  were  also  put  on  foot  at  this  meet 
ing  for  the  erection  of  a  monument  at  Antietam. 

In  1807.  at  Madison,  daughters  and  wives  of  the  members  of 
the  regiment  were  admitted  to  honorary  membership  to  the  So 
ciety. 

In  KjOT.  at  Savin  Rock.  Ucnjamin  Hirst,  acting  as  President, 
made  an  address  on  the  experiences  of  the  regiment  at  Antietam. 
At  this  meeting  also  there  were  touching  addresses  upon  the 
assassination  of  President  McKinley. 

A  pleasing  feature  of  many  of  these  meetings  were  congratula 
tory  telegrams  from  Connecticut  and  other  regiments  that  might 
be  holding  their  reunions  on  the  same  day. 


354  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

DEDICATION  OF  THE  MONUMENT  AT  GETTYSBURG. 

Allusion  has  been  noted  of  the  movement  for  a  monument  at 
Gettysburg  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  in  1882.  This  culmi 
nated  the  following  year  in  the  dedication  of  a  shaft  located  at 
the  stone  wall.  \Ye  cannot  do  better  than  to  copy  the  account 
of  the  excursion  and  dedicatory  exercises  as  found  in  the  min 
utes  of  the  Society. 

"On  the  morning  of  July  1st,  1883,  comrades  and  friends  to 
the  number  of  seventy-eight,  left  Jersey  City  at  eight  o'clock  for 
Gettysburg,  for  the  purpose  of  unveiling  the  monument  erected 
by  the  regiment  upon  the  field  occupied  during  July  2(1  and  3d, 
1863.  The  party  arrived  at  Gettysburg  without  mishap  at  six 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and  were  met  at  the  station  by  Chaplain 
Stevens,  and  a  delegation  of  the  Seventeenth  C'.  Y.,  and  escorted 
to  the  public  square,  where  they  were  received  by  many  citizens 
and  the  line  was  dismissed.  The  next  day  Fourteenth  men  were 
found  everywhere ;  scattered  over  the  whole  held;  on  foot,  in 
carriages  and  on  horseback. 

At  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  a  big  camp-fire  was  lighted 
close  to  our  monument,  and  speeches,  songs  and  reminiscences 
filled  the  hours  till  well  toward  midnight.  The  place,  the  hour, 
the  moonlight  and  above  all,  the  memories,  made  this  a  notable 
epoch  in  the  history  of  the  regiment. 

During  the  forenoon  of  July  3d  the  time  was  given  over  to 
continued  rambles  over  the  field,  and  at  two  o'clock  line  was 
formed  and  moved  to  the  monument,  accompanied  by  the  Battle 
Field  Memorial  Association,  and  a  large  number  of  citizens. 
\Yhen  the  line  was  halted  in  front  of  the  monument  every  com 
rade  uncovered,  and  prayer  was  offered  by  Comrade  J.  K.  Durand. 
'America'  was  sung  by  the  whole  assembly.  The  chairman  of 
the  Monument  Committee,  Comrade  John  C.  I'roatch,  presented 
the  monument  to  the  Society.  The  1 'resident  of  the  Society, 
Comrade  Samuel  A.  Moore,  then  in  a  few  well  chosen  words, 
surrendered  the  monument  to  the  custody  of  the  Battle  Field  As 
sociation. 

At  this  period  in  the  exercises  it  was  moved  and  voted  that 
because  of  the  intense  heat  the  remaining  exercises  be  held  in 


Appendix.  355 

Zeigler's  woods,  a  few  rods  to  the  north.  I'pon  reaching-  this 
refreshing  shelter.  Chaplain  Stevens  delivered  an  oration  which 
received  the  deserved  plaudits  of  all. 

A    portion    of    Chaplain    Stevens'    address    was    as    follows  :— 

What  a  victory  was  that,  my  comrades ! 

"What  an  hour  of  glory  for  you!  Your  rifles  were  hot  in  your 
hands  from  the  fifty  or  more  rounds  sped  from  them  in  the  death- 
dealing  "vay,  but  your  hearts  were  hotter  with  their  overwhelm 
ing  joy.  Wounds,  hunger,  home-longing,  prospective  hardships 
and  Dangers  were  lost  sight  of  in  the  supreme  hour  of  your 
victorious  rejoicing.  But  what  a  small  hand  you  had  become  re 
duced  to,  standing  by  this  wall,  now  a  heap  of  ruins!  In  number 
scarcely  equaling  one  maximum  company  of  those  ten  maximum 
companies  that  entered  the  field  ten  months  previously.  What 
wonder  that  a  sturdy  prisoner  as  he  stepped  over  your  wall  and 
saw  your  thin  line  inquired  :  'Where  are  your  men  ?  and  when  told 
they  were  here,  said:  'We  could  have  gone  through  if  we'd 
had  another  line  of  men.'  Then,  taking  another  look,  ex 
claimed:  'My  God!  we  could  have  gone  through  as  it  was  if 
we  had  known  how  few  you  were!'  and  added  regretfully,  with 
an  oath,  as  lie  went  off  over  the  hill.  'I'd  like  to  try  that  over 
again  !'  Well,  the  Fourteenth  would  have  been  willing.  (  Cheers. ) 
What  a  joyous  night  was  spent  here,  albeit  the  cries  of  the 
wounded  in  their  agonies  far  in  your  front,  smote  your  hearts 
with  pain!  And  what  a  glorious  'Independence  Day'  dawned 
the  next  morning!  Tis  true,  you  apprehended  another  attack 
and  you  rebuilt  your  shattered  wall,  rather  desirous  that  it 
should  come.  I  Jut  your  foe  was  too  wise:  he  had  received  too 
bitter  a  lesson  to  be  willing  to  repeat  his  former  attempt.  You 
tarried  here  until  the  5th.  during  which  day  some  of  you  were 
among  the  details  to  bury  the  slain  and  then  you  left  Gettys 
burg  to  return  to  it  no  more  until  now.  Hut  Gettysburg  lias 
lived  in  your  memories  and  conversation  all  these  intervening 
years,  and  now  vou  come  to  see  it  once  more  and  bid  it  a  final 
good-bye.  You  look  once  again  on  the  field  and  position  that 
have  been  pictured  in  your  memories,  and  the  old  thrill  comes 
back  to  you:  and  you  will  carry  away  that  thrill  with  you  and 
keep  it — aye,  forever  ! 


356  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

You  place  here,  where  you  stood,  by  battle  begirt,  on  Gettys 
burg's  glorious  day,  your  historic  and  symbolic  memorial,  pur 
chased  largely  by  the  contributions  of  you  who  are  poor,  and 
poor  because  you  gave  the  best  days  and  best  strength  to  save 
your  nation  from  disruption.  Your  stone  is  not  mortuary,  not 
sarcophagal,  but  historic,  for  this  is  not  a  cemetery  ;  it  is  not 
reared  in  honor  alone  of  those  who  fell  here  or  fought  here, 
but  to  commemorate  the  regiment  and  its  history  as  a  whole.  Its 
granite  substance  felt  the  shock  of  the  battle  which  helped  make 
a  victory  for  the  Union,  and  it  will  hold  for  you  through  ages, 
the  position  you  held.  Its  upper  base  will  give  to  passers-by 
your  regimental  designation,  of  which  you  can  never  be  ashamed, 
and  the  command  you  were  connected  with.  One  of  its  tablets 
will  tell,  in  epitome,  your  history,  with  your  numbers,  your 
losses  and  the  great  battles  you  fought  in  set  forth ;  and  the 
other  will  tell  what  you  did  here  on  this  world-renowned  field. 
Its  finial  is  the  badge  of  the  grand  old  corps  with  whose  work 
and  fortunes  you  were  connected  during  all  your  army  service — 
the  symbolic  trefoil  which  you  so  delight  in  still.  Its  polished 
sides  will  flash  in  view  of  passers  on  distant  roads  and  here 
upon  the  line  denominated,  and  so  admitted  by  General  Long- 
street,  'the  high- water  mark  of  the  rebellion'  will  help  indicate 
where  the  highest,  mightiest  surge  of  the  slave-holders'  re 
bellion  was  shattered  and  overcome  at  the  stem  front  of  the 
Second  Army  Corps,  and  the  legends  on  your  shaft  will  show 
that  you,  my  comrades,  men  of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut,  were 
a  part  of  the  living  bulwark  that  broke  it." 

At  its  close4  Rally  Round  the  Flag'  was  sung  with  more  than 
usual  feeling. 

Hon.  David  H.  Buehler,  President  of  the  Battle  Field  Asso 
ciation,  accepted  the  monument  on  the  part  of  the  Association, 
and  in  doing  so  paid  a  very  high  tribute  to  the  valor  and  the 
soldierly  record  of  the  Fourteenth,  particularly  mentioning  the 
capture  of  the  Bliss  buildings,  which  he  characterized  as  one  of, 
if  not  the,  most  brilliant  episodes  of  the  three  days'  battle.  He 
was  followed  by  Colonel  John  B.  Bachelder,  Government  His 
torian  of  the  battle,  who,  in  words  that  made  every  Fourteenth 


Appendix.  357 

man  more  proud  than  ever  of  his  regiment,  placed  our  record 
high  up  among'  the  best  of  the  army. 

William  Haines,  of  the  Twelfth  New  Jersey,  after  a  warm 
tribute  to  the  Fourteenth,  extended  an  invitation  for  all  to 
join  with  that  regiment  in  a  like  dedication  next  year. 

After  remarks  by  Comrades  D wight  Morris  and  Benjamin 
Hirst,  and  singing  'Auld  Lang  Syne,'  the  benediction  was  pro 
nounced  by  Comrade  J.  K.  Durand. 

The  big  pipe  was  then  brought  into  use  and  passed  from  com 
rade  to  comrade.  Photographs  of  the  scene  \vere  taken  and 
sociality  reigned  until  the  time  came  when  we  must  depart  to 
reach  our  special  train  for  home." 

Tn  1885  the  Society  secured  an  acre  of  the  Gettysburg  field 
which  embraced  the  site  of  the  Bliss  buildings,  the  boundaries 
of  this  plot  afterwards  being  marked  by  stone  posts  with  cut 
tops,  having  the  inscription  "i4th  C.  V."  There  was  erected 
at  the  center  of  the  barn  site  a  monumental  marker.  "This  is 
of  granite,  rustic  dressed,  three  feet  high,  three  feet  wide  and 
sixteen  inches  thick,  standing  on  a  cut  granite  base  eleven  inches 
high,  the  whole  resting  on  an  artificial,  circular,  turfed  mound, 
thirteen  feet  in  diameter  and  two  feet  high.  The  front  of  the 
marker  has  a  circular  sunken  medallion  containing  our  corps 
badge  in  relief,  and  the  back  an  oval  medallion  with  'i4th  C.  V.' 
in  large  incised  letters.  The  top  is  beveled,  the  front  bevel 
furnishing  a  large  polished  tablet  having  inscription  as  follows: 
'The  1 4th  Regiment  Connecticut  Yols.,  A.  AI.  July  3,  1863, 
captured  here  from  Confederate  Sharp-Shooters  the  large  barn 
of  William  Bliss  and  his  Dwelling  House  near,  and  upon  re 
tiring  burned  both  buildings  by  order  of  the  Div.  Commander. 
Centre  of  Barn  site.'  ' 

A  pillar  also  was  erected  to  mark  the  extreme  right  of  the 
regiment  on  the  ridge,  having  on  its  cut  beveled  top  and  front 
the  inscription,  "i4th,  C.  V.  Right  of  Regt.,  July  2,  3  &  4,  1863." 

Later  Comrade  J.  AY.  Knowlton  contributed  a  marker  to 
designate  the  site  of  the  Bliss  house.  The  establishment  of 
these  markers  and  the  erection  of  the  monument  at  the  stone  wall 
were  largely  initiatory  in  the  erection  of  monuments  and  gave  an 


358  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

impetus  to  the  erection  of  monuments  by  Connecticut  and  other 
regiments.  Other  regiments  were  allowed  under  certain  condi 
tions  to  erect  monuments  on  the  ground  owned  by  the  Society 
of  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Regiment. 


A  TRIP  TO  THE  BATTLE-FIELD. 

It  was  natural  that  the  regiment  should  hold  one  of  its  annual 
reunions  on  the  battle-field  of  Antietam.  Through  the  instru 
mentality  of  efficient  committees,  arrangements  were  made  for 
this  excursion  and  reunion  September  17,  1891,  and  about  three 
hundred  and  thirty  left  Jersey  City  September  14th.  The 
weather  was  all  that  could  be  desired  and  the  party  full  of  antici 
pation  and  joy  sped  across  Xew  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  stop 
ping  first  at  Gettysburg.  Here  a  day  was  spent  rambling  over 
the  historic  battle-field,  parties  being  conducted  by  competent 
guides  and  many  smaller  parties  wandered  at  will  over  the 
memorable  scenes. 

(  )n  the  morning  of  the  i6th  the  party  left  Gettysburg  and 
reached  Antietam  at  half  past  four  in  the  afternoon.  The  mem 
bers  of  the  delegation  were  lodged  at  various  farm  houses  and 
in  Sharpsburg.  Arrangements  for  their  conveyance  had  been 
carefully  made.  The  headquarters  of  the  President  and  Secre 
tary  were  appropriately  located  at  the  Roulette  house  so  full  of 
memories  of  the  day  of  action  twenty-nine  years  before.  The 
regimental  flag  was  planted,  indicating  that  the  regiment  had 
come  for  the  purposes  of  its  reunion.  As  darkness  approached 
a  huge  camp-fire  was  kindled  near  the  bank  of  1  Moody  Lane 
where  by  speech  and  song  hours  sped  on  till  midnight.  Fervent 
and  patriotic  addresses  were  made  by  Comrades  Seward,  Moore, 
Knowlton,  Stevens,  Lyman,  Fletcher  and  Davis  and  Congress 
man  Russell  and  State  Senator  Coffin.  The  occasion  attracted 
a  large  gathering  of  neighboring  people  who  were  impressed 
with  the  weirdly  fascinating  scene.  The  following  day  the  re 
union  was  held  at  the  Roulette  house.  The  meeting  was  one  of 
great  impressiveness  hallowed  by  the  remembrances  of  their  ex 
perience  in  1862. 


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359 


The  following  morning1  the  party  visited  Harper's  Ferry  after 
which  they  took  trains,  some  returning  to  their  homes,  some 
visiting  Washington  while  others  made  a  more  extended  tour 
among  the  battle-fields  of  lesser  moment,  about  two  hundred 
visiting  the  ill-fated  field  of  Frcdericksburg. 


Many  of  the  excursionists  paid  their  respects  to  the  President  at  the  White  House. 


THE  MONUMENT  AT  ANTIETAM. 

Taking  advantage  of  an  act  of  the  Assemblv  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut  appropriating  a  thousand  dollars  to  any  regiment  or 
batten*  that  desired  to  erect  a  monument  on  the  battle-field  of 
Antietam,  a  committee  was  chosen  in  i8<)3  to  fully  realize  this 
action  for  the  benefit  of  the  regiment  and  after  much  discussion 
a  design  for  a  monument  was  selected,  the  style  being  an  obelisk. 
The  dimensions  of  the.  monument  are  as  follows: — "The  base  six 
feet  three  inches  square  by  two  feet  high,  second  stone  three  feet 
seven  inches  square  bv  one  foot  four  inches  high.  The  shaft  one 
solid  stone  fifteen  feet  five  inches  hiidi,  two  feet  ten  inches  at  the 


360 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 


A  lars^e  number  of  the  Society  paid  their  reverence  to  the  name  of  Washington  at 

Mount  Vernon. 


bottom  receding  to  a  point  at  the  top.  The  monument  having 
a  total  height  of  eighteen  feet  nine  inches  above  its  foundation. 
The  inscriptions  are  as  follows : — 

"Front — (Corps  Badge.) 

The  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry,  2(1  Brig.,  3(1 
l)iv.  2(1  A.  C.,  advanced  to  this  point  in  a  charge,  about  9:30  A. 
M.,  Sept.  i/th,  1862,  then  fell  back  eighty-eight  \ards  to  a  corn 
field  fence  and  held  position  heavily  engaged  nearly  two  hours  ; 
then  was  sent  to  the  support  of  the  First  Brigade  of  its  Division 
at  the  Roulette  Lane,  2  hours  ;  then  was  sent  to  the  extreme  left 
of  the  F"irst  Division  of  this  Corps,  to  the  support  of  the  Brooke's 
Brigade,  and  at  5  P.  M.  was  placed  in  support  between  the  Bri 
gades  of  Caldwell  and  Meagher  of  that  Division,  overlooking 
'Bloody  Lane',  holding  position  there  until  10  A.  M.  of  the  itjth, 
when  relieved. 

Rear — (Connecticut  Coat  of  Arms.) 

Erected  by  the  State  of  Connecticut,  1804. 

Right  Side. 


Appendix.  36 1 

This  monument  stands  on  the  line  of  Companies  B.  and  G., 
near  the  left  of  the  Regiment.  In  this  battle  the  Regiment  lest 
38  killed  and  mortally  wounded,  88  wounded,  and  21  reported 
missing. 

Left  Side — (U.  S.  in  circle.) 

Regiment  mustered  August  23,  1862,  with  1015  men;  recruits, 
697  men;  total,  1/12.  Battle  record  from  Antietam  to  Appo- 
mattox :  engagements,  34;  killed  and  mortally  wounded,  202  ;  died 
of  disease,  186;  wounded,  579;  discharged  for  disability,  319." 

The  plot,  which  is  twenty  feet  by  twenty,  was  purchased  and 
contributed  to  the  Society  by  Captain  A.  Park  Hammond. 

Ft  was  decided  to  dedicate  this  monument  Thursday,  October 
i  i  th,  1895,  and  to  that  end  arrangements  were  made  for  an  excur 
sion  upon  this  date.  Also  the  Eighth  Regiment  Association, 
Eleventh  and  the  Sixteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers  arranged  to 
dedicate  monuments  on  the  Antietam  field  on  the  same  day.  A 
party  of  nearly  three  hundred  left  Jersey  City  on  Monday,  Octo 
ber  8th,  for  the  purpose  of  dedicating  these  monuments  erected  by 
the  State  of  Connecticut.  The  route  took  in  Gettysburg  where 
the  party  arrived  about  half  past  eight  in  the  evening.  The  next 
day,  Tuesday,  was  spent  in  visiting  the  memorable  battle-field 
and  on  Wednesday  at  one  o'clock  a  special  train  started  for  An 
tietam,  arriving  at  Sharpsburg  about  five  o'clock. 

Thursday  morning  at  ten  o'clock  the  services  of  dedication  were 
held,  at  which  a  large  number  of  villagers  were  present.  The 
programme  for  the  dedicatory  services  was  simple  and  impres 
sive.  It  consisted  of 

Music, Sharpsburg  Band. 

Prayer Rev.  Walter  J.  Yates. 

Vocal  Music — "Flag  of  Freedom", Male  Choir. 

Address, J.  W.  Knowlton. 

Vocal  Music — -"America",  "Doxology",.  .  .  .  Male  Choir. 
Address, Chaplain  H.  S.  Stevens. 


362 


Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 


COMRADE  KNOWLTON'S  'ADDRESS. 

Comrade  Knowlton  spoke  as  follows: 
"Comrades  and  Friends  : — 

On  this  conseerated  field,  hallowed  by  the  saerifiee  of  blood  and 
human  life  there  was  enacted  the  tragedy  of  war. 

Thirty-two  years  ago,  opposing  factions  hereon  submitted  the 
question  of  nationality,  as  against  the  right  of  secession,  to  the 
arbitration  of  the  sword. 


J.   W.  KNOWLTON,  Q.   M.   S. 


This  peaceful  field,  those  billowy  tracts,  heard  the  clash  of  arms, 
felt  the  tread  of  near  200,000  men,  and  the  absorbing  soil  drank 
the  red  blood  of  one  out  of  every  eight  of  that  vast  host. 

Well  may  this  be  called  a  consecrated  field,  with  such  a  bap 
tism  from  the  font  of  life. 

With  reverent  hearts  we  gather  here  to  manifest  our  gratitude 
to  the  living  actors  of  that  day,  and  to  mingle  our  tears  with  our 


Appendix.  363 

praises  of  the  dead  who,  by  the  sacrifice  of  their  lives,  did  all 
men  could  to  bring  the  heritage  of  peace  and  unity.  \Ye  are 
here  to  mark  the  spot  where  the  Fourteenth  regiment,  an  un- 
drilled  body  of  1,000  Connecticut  soldiers,  but  three  weeks  from 
their  firesides,  met  first  the  foe,  and  met  them  bravely.  To  this 
spot  they  came, — against  a  bitter  storm  of  lead  and  shell  that 
poured  from  yonder  sunken  road,  and  the  hill  beyond,  as  well 
as  from  either  rlank, — a  lurid  storm  that  mortals  could  not  breast 
and  live.  Death  and  wounds  were  in  their  midst,  but  those  men 
endured  them  both  until  directed  to  a  new  position  less  than  three 
hundred  feet  away.  (  )n  this  new  line  thev  settled  down  to  work, 
as  though  expecting"  there  to  stay,  and  there  for  over  two  hours 
they  did  stay,  with  the  whiz  of  bullets  and  the  crash  of  she'll  their 
constant  visitants. 

I  shall  not.  in  my  brief  talk,  describe  in  detail  the  several  move 
ments  of  the  dav,  but  will  leave  that  interesting  story  to  another, 
onlv  quoting  from  the  report  of  the  division  commander.  General 
French,  in  \\hicli  lie  savs :  'The  conduct  of  the  new  regiments 
must  take  a  prominent  place  in  the  history  of  this  great  battle. 
I  ndrilled,  but  admirably  equipped,  every  regiment,  either  in 
advance  or  reserve,  distinguished  itself,  but  according  to  the 
energy  and  ability  of  the  commanders.  .  .  .  There 

never  was  such  material  in  any  army,  and  in  one  month  these 
splendid  men  will  not  be  excelled  bv  anv.'  The  truth  of  the 
general's  prophecy  is  shown  in  the  Fourteenth's  record  of  thirty- 
four  battles,  from  Antietam  to  Appomattox,  as  inscribed  on  this 
noble  memorial  erected  by  the  State  of  Connecticut  to  the  regi 
ment. 

These  tons  of  granite,  wrought  in  graceful  lines,  with  mar 
velous  skill,  will  stand  through  the  varying  vicissitudes  of  storm 
and  sunshine,  telling  the  grim  story  to  men  of  every  clime. — and 
methinks,  that  the  warm  light  of  every  September  moon  will 
awaken  in  this  New  England  stone,  a  soul,  that  will  go  out  and 
testify  to  the  unmarked  dead,  o'er  all  these  fields,  that  a  grateful 
people  has  not  forgotten  and  never  will  forget  the  sufferings  or 
the  valor  of  those  who  stood  by  the  I  nion  in  those  days.  It  will 
tell  them  of  the  myriad  schools  throughout  the  land,  where  daily, 


364  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 

the  stars  and  strips  now  float,  and  teach  a  noble  fealty  to  the 
nation,  instilling-  a  patriotic  glow  into  the  youthful  mind.  It  will 
tell  the  unknown  dead,  were  their  forms  clad  in  the  blue  or  in 
the  gray,  that  loyalty  will  never  be  forgotten  or  disloyalty  for 
given.  Let  us  all  believe  that  to  this  story  answer  will  come  from 
all  the  moonlit  September  air,  a  glad  Amen  !  So  glad,  and  so  full, 
that  through  the  Xorth,  and  through  the  South,  there  will  be  no 
doubt  that  the  blood  of  brothers,  shed  in  strife,  has  become  a 
lasting  seal  to  national  unity. 

Comrades,  to  you  who  stood  here  in  that  past  time,  and  bared 
your  breasts  in  your  country's  defense,  this  moment  is  one  of  com 
mendable  pride.  To  the  people  of  our  state  YOU  were,  and  are, 
an  honor — in  testimony  of  which,  this  shaft  stands  an  enduring 
emblem — symmetrical,  as  your  manly  qualities  ;  firm,  as  was  your 
fidelity  to  your  country;  and  its  solidity  is  a  fit  symbol  of  vour 
unswerving  loyalty.  And  not  alone  with  you,  Comrades,  lies  all 
the  pride  of  this  day,  for  the  beaming  eyes  of  your  friends  here 
present,  tell  that  they,  too,  are  filled  with  joy  that  they  are  with 
you  in  this  grand  hour  when  a  visible  testimonial  to  your  great 
ness  is  dedicated  on  this  field.  These  friends  have  been  with 
you  on  the  great  battle  ground  at  Gettysburg",  where  your  prow 
ess  carved  a  special  line  on  the  monument  of  fame — a  line  cut 
in  great  letters  high  up  on  the  pillar — letters  so  great  and  lines  so 
high,  that,  for  all  time,  the  world  will  not  cease  to  give  you 
glad  acclaim  ! 

So,  the  two  fields  of  honor  that  they  know,  Gettysburg  and 
Antietam,  fill  them  with  wonder  that  mortals  could  brave,  endure 
and  do  so  much — but,  could  they  be  led  to  Fredericksburg,  that 
slaughter  place;  to  Chancellorsville,  to  Morton's  Ford,  that  spot 
unknown  to  fame,  where  one-third  of  your  number  were  killed 
or  wounded — to  all  the  other  of  your  thirty-four  engagements,  to 
their  wonder  would  be  added  veneration ! 

A  fragment  of  the  regiment  is  here  this  day,  surrounded  by 
brave  comrades  of  other  regiments,  who  in  their  turn  suffered 
privation,  pain  and  discouragements — and,  in  the  end  had,  with 
you,  the  great  joy  that  came  with  victory.  \Yith  you,  they  bore 
their  part,  though  separate  on  this  and  other  fields,  and  with 


Appendix.  365 

you  they  to-day  arc  citizens  of  a  common  state,  applying"  them 
selves  to  the  civic  duties  that  are  their  part,  with  the  same  obed 
ience  and  fortitude  that  all  exhibited  a  third  of  a  century  ago. 

In  those  days  there  were  none  who  could  tell  of  what  would 
come  when  the  citizens  who  had  become  soldiers  came  back  to 
citizenship  again.  The  whole  world  was  in  dread  of  the  lawless 
hordes  that  would  swarm  from  hamlet  to  hamlet,  and  from  the 
lonclv  wayside  cottage  to  the  village  mansion,  when  the  ranks 
were  broken,  and  the  restraints  of  military  law  were  no  longer 
potent.  The  subject  occupied  the  thought  and  excited  the  ap 
prehension  of  people  of  every  continent.  Few  indeed,  in  our 
Republic  were  there,  but  felt  that  when  the  last  soldier  was  mus 
tered  out,  and  cast  idle  on  the  land,  dire  trouble  would  ensue. 
But,  thanks  to  the  quality  of  manhood  of  which  the  soldiery  was 
composed,  the  whole  military  contingent  quietly  assimilated,  with 
not  a  ripple  to  disturb  the  body  politic. 

This  memorial  is  placed  here  by  a  grateful  people,  not  alone 
AS  a  record  of  a  regiment  that  had  unusual  service,  but  also  as 
a  tribute  to  your  fealty  to  the  nation,  before,  during  and  since 
the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  It  speaks  for  the  living  as  well  as  for 
the  dead.  Erected  to  those  brave  men  who  died  just  here,  and 
to  those  who  have  died  in  peaceful  homes  on  the  hillsides  of  Con 
necticut  :  erected  to  those  who  now  toil  in  the  fields  and  in  the 
shops,  and  to  him  who  died  full  of  years  and  honors  but  a  few 
days  since.  It  stands  for  the  tears  and  anxieties  of  mother  and 
of  wife,  who  all  those  long  months  suffered  by  the  hearthstones 
in  Xew  England — and  this  firm  granite  is  no  more  fixed  than 
were  the  hard  furrows  that  seamed  the  determined  faces  of  the 
fathers  whose  sons  were  offered  on  the  altar  of  the  country.  It 
stands  in  strength  and  dignity,  telling  that  restless  and  ambitious 
plotters  were  once  met  and  brought  to  the  knowledge  that  we  are 
a  nation. 

Yea,  it  tells  at  present,  and  will  tell  the  future  disturber  of  our 
peace,  that  all  over  this  broad  land,  sturdy,  loyal  men  will,  as 
before,  quickly  respond  to  their  country's  call,  and  like  you,  be 
come  heroes  in  a  day. 

That  coming  generations  may  be  led  to  venerate  the  flag,  and 


366  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

incited  to  deeds  of  valor  in  its  defense,  \ve  dedieate  this  monu 
ment  to  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers." 

Chaplain  Stevens'  address  was  not  delivered  from  manuscript, 
and  no  verbatim  report  was  taken  at  the  time.  Standing  on  the 
platform  the  Chaplain  requested  the  people  to  place  themselves 
so  as  to  get  a  clear  view  of  the  field  in  which  the  monument  stands. 
He  then  pointed  out  the  Fast  Woods  where  the  regiment  formed 
in  line  of  battle,  the  Mumma  buildings,  Roulette  house  and  barn, 
Dunker  church,  position  of  batteries  and  "lUoodv  Lane."  He 
then  described  in  thrilling  words  the  advance  of  the  regiment 
through  the  cornfield,  and  its  withdrawal  to  the  Roulette  house. 
Then  proceeding  down  "lUoody  Lane"  various  items  of  interest 
were  related  and  the  whole  company  stood  on  a  knoll  which,  on 
the  day  of  the  battle  was  the  noted  "ploughed  ground".  (  )n  a 
pile  of  cornstalks  for  a  rostrum,  he  pointed  out  to  eager  eyes  the 
headquarters  of  McClellan,  and  near  at  hand  traced  the  position 
of  various  bodies  of  troops,  the  monument  of  the  Fourteenth,  and 
related  their  experience  in  their  most  exposed  position,  and  their 
subsequent  change  to  the  support  of  a  battery  further  toward  the 
Union  left.  Incidents  and  observations  bv  several  of  the  veter 
ans,  questions  by  many  of  the  company  answered  by  the  Chaplain, 
all  lent  a  deep  interest  to  this  part  of  the  program,  which  was  as 
valuable  as  it  was  unique. 

Tn  the  evening  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  Reformed  Church  at 
Sharpsburg  \\hich  was  filled  to  the  doors  with  excursionists  and 
citizens  to  enjoy  a  "camp-fire".  Comrade  J.  \\  .  Knowlton  pre 
sided  and  speeches  were  made  by  several  of  the  veterans,  inter 
spersed  with  music  and  recitations. 

Friday  at  one  o'clock  the  train  bore  the  party  to  Washington  by 
way  of  Harper's  Ferry,  arriving  at  Washington  at  five  o'clock 
where  the  company  dispersed,  some  going  to  Fredericksburg, 
others  to  Petersburg,  while  others  spent  a  day  at  Stony  Mountain, 
crossing  the  Rapidan  at  Morton's  Ford  and  dining  with  Major 
C.  C.  Buckner  and  familv,  renewing  the  acquaintances  formed  in 
1891,  and  enjoying  an  ideal  Virginia  home.  Later  the  visiting 
delegation  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  to  Major  IJuckner  pre 
sented  him  with  a  beautiful  clock  as  a  token  of  their  regard  and 
appreciation  for  his  hospitality  and  kindness. 


LIST  OF  BREVETS 
Conferred  upon  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment. 

Appointments  by  brevet  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  C.  V.  In 
fantry  which  served  in  the  war  for  the  suppressing-  of  the  re 
bellion  made  by  the  President  by  and  with  the  advice  and  con 
sent  of  the  Senate. 

To  be  Brigadier-Generals  by  Brevet: 

Brevet-Col.  James  B.  Coit,  Major  i_|th  Conn.  Yols.,  for  gallant 
,'ind  meritorious  services  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Ya.,  to 
date  from  March  i^th,  1865. 

Col.  Theodore  (i.  Ellis,  of  the  1-j.th  Conn.  Yols.,  for  gallant 
and  meritorious  services  during  the  war,  to  date  from  March 
i  ^th,  1865. 

To  be  Colonels  bv  Brevet : 

Brevet  Lieut-Col.  John  C.  Broatch,  Major  of  the  I4th  Conn. 
Yols.,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  at  the  battle  of  Brvd- 
ton  Plank  Road,  near  Petersburg,  Ya.,  to  date  from  March  i.^th. 
1865. 

Brevet  Lieut. -Col.  James  B.  Coit,  Major  of  the  1-j.th  Conn. 
Vols.,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  at  the  battle  of  Gettys 
burg,  Pa.,  to  date  from  March  T^th,  1865. 

To  be  Lieutenant-Colonels  by  Brevet: 

Major  John  C.  Broatch,  of  the  i-ith  Conn.  Yols.,  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  services  at  the  engagement  at  Morton's  Ford,  on  the 
Rapidan,  Ya.,  to  date  from  March  13th,  1865. 

Major  James  B.  Coit,  of  the  i_|.th  Conn.  Yols.,  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  services  at  the  battle  of  Antietam,  Md.,  to  date  from 
March  I3th,  1865. 


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THE  FOURTEENTH  REGIMENT  BAND. 

Frequent  mention  has  been  made  in  the  foregoing  pages  of 
the  band  of  the  regiment.  The  band  was  held  in  high  esteem 
not  only  by  the  comrades  of  its  own  regiment  but  also  by  the 
members  of  all  of  the  regiments  of  the  brigade  and  corps.  It 
was  made  up  of  men  of  no  mean  attainments  as  musicians, 
more  than  one  being  leaders  of  local  bands  at  the  time  of  their 
enlistments,  and  very  many  of  the  "principle  musicians"  had 
won  enviable  reputations  for  musical  talents  in  local  organiza 
tions.  It  has  been  noted  the  many  places  where  the  band  im 
parted  courage  and  inspiration  in  times  of  conflict  and  upon  the 
long  tedious  marches  It  has  been  recorded  of  its  part  in  the 
solemn  Sunday  service  after  the  battle  of  Antietam,  of  its 
timely  notes  when  the  regiment  and  corps  forded  the  river  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  of  its  bursting  into  an  exhuberancc  of  joy 
when  reaching  Fredericksburg,  its  heroism  and  bravery  dur 
ing  the  pandemonium  that  reigned  at  Chancellorsville  during 
the  stampede  of  the  nth  corps,  of  its  inspiring  concerts  at 
Cedar  and  Elkrun,  and  the  part  it  played  at  the  receptions  and 
occasions  of  hilarity  when  the  regiment  was  encamped  within 
the  shadow  or  Stony  Mountain. 

Soon  after  the  organization  of  the  regiment  the  proposition 
was  made  to  Colonel  Morris  to  organize  a  band  for  service 
with  the  regiment.  Colonel  Morris  not  only  assented  but  gen 
erously  offered  to  furnish  instruments  to  those  who  had  none. 
Comrade  John  McCarthy  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  organi 
zation  of  the  band,  who  immediately  called  about  him  those 
who  finally  constituted  the  musical  organization.  The  origi 
nal  sixteen  members  of  the  band  were  as  follows : 

Leader  and  Chief  Musician — John  McCarthy. 

E  Flat  Cornets — Charles  B.  Merrells,  Lewis  Senglaub. 

B  Flat  Cornets — George  Kurtz,  Fred  Kurtz. 

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The  Fourteenth   Regiment  Band.  369 

Alto  Horns — William  O.  Gifford,  Nathan  Stowe. 

Tenor  Horns  —Reuben  G.  Snagg,  Nelson  L.  Stowc. 

Baritone —  John  Lines. 

B  Flat  Bass — Franklin  Somers. 

E  Flat  Bass — Benjamin  Parkhurst. 

Snare  Drum — Seth  D.  Hungerford. 

Bass  Drum — James  L.   Jordon. 

Cymbals  and  Fife  Major — Philo  P.  Bush. 

John  McCarthy  resigned  and  was  discharged  Jan.   29,   1863. 

About  this  time  by  order  of  the  War  Department  the  bands 
connected  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  were  abolished. 
This  was  but  temporary,  however,  as  they  were  re-established 
after  an  interval  of  four  months,  when  Charles  B.  Merrells  was 
made  leader,  and  the  band  continued  to  do  valuable  service  to 
the  end  of  the  war. 


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OFFICIAL''ROSTER 

OF  THE 

Fourteenth   Regiment    C.   V.    Infantry 

Published  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  Connecticut,   1  889. 


FIELD  AND  STAFF. 

DWICIIT  MORRIS,  Bridgeport,  colonel,  enlisted  May  23,  1862;  mustered 
,p  August  23,  .1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  August  14,  1863. 

TIIKODORI-:  G.  FLLIS,  Hartford,  colonel,  enlisted  June  18,  1862;  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862,  as  adjutant;  promoted  from  adjutant  to  major  April 
4.  1863;  to  lieutenant-colonel  September  22,  1863;  to  colonel  October  n, 
1803;  to  brigadier-general  by  brevet  March  13,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
regiment  May  31,  1865. 

S. \XKoRD    II.    PERKINS.    Torriugton.    lieutenant-colonel,    enlisted    May   23, 

1801,  mustered  in  August  23,   i<8(>2;  promoted   from  captain  Co.   I    1st,  C.  V. 
II.  A.  to  major  June  /,   18(12  (not  mustered)  ;  to  lieutenant-colonel   August 
4,    i8()2;   wounded   December    13,    1862,   Fredericksburg,   Va. ;   discharged  on 
account  of  disability  April  20,   1863. 

SAMTEL    A.    MOORE.,    Xew    Britain,    lieutenant-colonel,    enlisted    July    16, 

1802,  mustered  in  August  23,   1862;   promoted   from  captain   Co.   F.  to  ma 
jor   September  22,    1863;   to  lieutenant-colonel    October    i  r.    1863;   wounded 
May    12,    1864,   Spottsylvania,  Va.,  wounded  April  6,    1865,    Farmville,  Va. ; 
discharged  June  6,   1865. 

CvKi's  C.  CLARK,  Middletown,  major,  enlisted  May  22,  1861,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  captain  Co.  II,  ist  C.  V.  II. 'A.  August 
23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  !• i-edericksburg,  Va. ;  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  February  28,  1863;  appointed  major  and  P.  M.  U.  S. 
Vols.  February  28,  1863;  discharged  November  i,  1865. 

JAMES  I>.  GUT.  Norwich,  major,  enlisted  May  26,  7862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  (See  sergeant-major  2(1  C.  V. )  promoted  from  captain  Co.  K 
October  i  i,  1863;  wounded  February  6.  i<So4,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.,  wound 
ed  May  (),  i8f>4.  Wilderness,  Va.,  wounded  August  16,  1864,  Dee])  Bottom, 
Va.,  wounded  September  6,  1864.  Petersburg,  Va. ;  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  September  9.  1864;  promoted  lieutenant-colonel  by  brevet 
March  13,  1865;  colonel  by  brevet  March  13,  1865;  brigadier-general  by 
brevet  March  13,  1865. 

NOTE— This  Roster  has  been  carefully  compared  with  the  Official  Roster  published 
by  the  Adjutant-General  of  Connecticut  in  1889. 
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374  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

JOHN  C.  BKOATCH,  Middletown,  major,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  A,  2(1  C.  V.)  promoted  from  captain 
Co.  A  October  22,  1864;  wounded  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road. 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  4,  1865;  promoted  lieu 
tenant-colonel  by  brevet  March  13.  1865;  colonel  by  brevet  March  13.  1865. 

FREDERICK  B.  DOTEX,  Bridgeport,  adjutant,  enlisted  August  i,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  1st  lieutenant  Co.  F  April  14, 
1863;  captain  Co.  F  October  20,  1863. 

WILLIAM  B.  MINKS,  Bridgeport,  adjutant,  enlisted  July  22,  1862.  muster 
ed  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant-major  October  20,  1863;  ma 
jor  April  i,  1865  (not  mustered);  mustered  out  with  regiment  May  31, 
1865. 

CHARLES  F.  DIBBLE.  New  Haven,  quartermaster,  enlisted  June  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  out  with  regment  May  31,  1865. 

PHILO  G.  ROCKWELL.  Waterbury,  surgeon,  enlisted  July  TO,  1862;  mus- 
terd  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  8,  1863. 

FREDERICK  A.  DUDLEY.  New  Haven,  surgeon,  enlisted  August  11,  1862; 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  hospital  steward  7th  C.  V. )  ;  mustered 
assistant  surgeon;  promoted  April  2.  1863;  wounded  and  captured  July  3, 
1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  paroled  January  14.  1865;  mustered  out  with  regi 
ment  May  31,  1865. 

LEV  i  JEWETT.  Windsor  Locks,  assistant  surgeon,  enlisted  July  14,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station, 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  4,  1865. 

CHARLES  TOMLIXSOX,  New  Haven,  assistant  surgeon,  enlisted  August  3, 
1863,  mustered  in  September  26.  1863;  discharged  June  5,  1865. 

HENRY  S.  STEVENS,  Cromwell,  chaplain,  enlisted  August  21,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  December  22,  1863. 

EMMONS  P.  BOND,  New  Britain,  chaplain,  enlisted  October  15,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  November  13,  1864;  discharged  April  26,  1865. 

N( )  N-CO  M  M 1 S  S I O  N  FD  ST  A  F  F. 

HENRY  P.  GODDARD,  Norwich.,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  Tune  IT,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  G  August  20, 
1862. 

JOHX  G.  PELTON,  Middletown,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  P>  September 
17,  1862;  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  F  March  7,  1863. 

JAMES  J.  GILP.ERT.  Waterbury,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  July  24,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  C  February  4, 
1863;  dropped  from  rolls  by  error  April  15,  1863;  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  January  19,  1864. 

HENRY   L.    SNAGG,  Waterbury,   sergeant-major,   enlisted   August  4,    1862, 


Official  Roster.  375 

mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  C  April  15,  1863; 
1st  lieutenant   Co.    II    September   T,    1863. 

WILLIAM  15.  JIiNCKS,  Bridgeport,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  July  22,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  A  June  16, 
1863;  adjutant  October  20,  1863. 

WILLIAM  MURDOCK_,  Middletown,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  August  4, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  B  October 
20,  1863;  2<1  lieutenant  Co.  A  March  28,.  1864. 

TRA  A.  GRAHAM.  Durham,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  B  March  26,  1864; 
2d  lieutenant  Co.  H  July  27,  1864. 

CHARLES  K.  PENH  ALLOW,  New  London,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  July  IT, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  promoted  from  1st  sergeant  Co.  H  July 
27,  1864;  2<1  lieutenant  Co.  1)  January  13,  1865. 

CHARLES  M.  AUSTIN. 'Middletown,  sergeant-major,  enlisted  June  16, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  1st  sergeant  Co.  K 
January  13,  1865;  mustered  out  wtth  regiment  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  A.  COMES,  New  Haven,  quartermaster-sergeant,  enlisted  June 
12,  1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  F  Sep 
tember  17,  1862. 

JOHN  W.  POST,  New  Britain,  quartermaster-sergeant,  enlisted  July  19, 
1862.  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  F  Septem 
ber  17,  1862;  died  November  I,  1862. 

FREDERICK  S.  SEYMOUR,  New  Britain,  quartermaster-sergeant,  enlisted 
July  17,  1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  F 
November  13,  1862;  1st  lieutenant  Co.  1  June  3,  1863. 

RUSSELL  L.  PERKINS,  New  Britain,  quartermaster-sergeant,  enlisted  Au 
gust  14.  1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  private  Co.  V 
June  4,  i8(>3;  mustered  out  with  regiment  May  31,  1865. 

JULIUS  W.  KNOWLTON,  Bridgeport,  commissary-sergeant,  enlisted  June 
24,  1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg, 
Pa.;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  C  January  n,  1864. 

SAMUEL  I).  CRUTTEXDEN,  Guilford,  commissary-sergeant,  enlisted  Au 
gust  7,  1802,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  private  Co.  I 
June  4,  1863;  mustered  out  with  regiment  May  31,  1865. 

ALFRED  G.  MOLLAX,  Bridgeport,  hospital  steward,  enlisted  July  24,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  1,  6th  C.  V.)  died  Novem 
ber  25,  1862. 

Wn.nuR  W.  JOHNSON.  Middletown,  hospital  steward,  enlisted  August  5. 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  private  Co.  B  January 
i,  1863;  mustered  out  with  regiment  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  MCCARTHY,  New  Haven,  principal  musician,  enlisted  June  25,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  B  December  13, 
1862,  (not  mustered);  discharged  January  29,  1863. 


376  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

PHILO  P.  BUSH,  New  Haven,  principal  musician,  enlisted  June  14,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February 

4.  1863. 

CHARLES  B.  MERRILLS,  Waterbury,  principal  musician,  enlisted  August 
13,  1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  Private  Co.  C  May 
i.  1863;  reduced  to  ranks  and  transferred  to  Co.  C  April  25,  1864. 

Louis  SEXGLAUH.  Waterbury,  principal  musician,  enlisted  August  8,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  private  Co.  B  May  I  1863; 
mustered  out  with  regiment  May  31,  1865. 

GEORGE  KURTZ,  Waterbury,  principal  musician,  enlisted  August  19,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  private  Co.  K  April  22,  1864; 
mustered  out  with  regiment  May  31,  1865. 

COMPANY  A. 

JAMES  I).  MEKKITT,  Bridgeport,  captain,  enlisted  August  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  resigned  December  20.  1862. 

JOHN  C.  BKOATUH,  Middletown,  captain,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  i8(>2;  promoted  from  i  st  lieutenant  Co.  B  January  i,  1863; 
wounded  February  o,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  promoted  major  October 

22,    1864. 

WILLIAM  MURMOCK,  Middletown,  captain,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant-major  to  2d  lieu 
tenant  March  28.  1864;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  promoted 
ist  lieutenant  July  5,  1864;  captain  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

GEORGE  N.  MOKEHOUSE,  Bridgeport,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  12, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  resigned  December  5,  1862. 

WALTER  M.  LUCAS,  Middletown,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  B  August 
20,  1862;  captain  Co.  D  June  5,  1863. 

GEORGE  C.  RII-LEV,  Norwich,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  December  22,  1862, 
(not  mustered);  commissioned  December  22,  1862,  (not  mustered);  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  A,  loth  C.  V.  January  19,  1863. 

MILES  S.  WRIGHT.  Bridgeport,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  12,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  ist  lieutenant  Co.  C  November 
20,  1862. 

CHARLES  W.  GALI-IX,  Middletown,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  5, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  B 
August  20,  1862;  dishonorably  discharged  December  20,  1863. 

ORSAMUS  B.  SAWYER,  Madison,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  G  January  13, 
1865;  mustered  out  with  company  Mav  31,  1865. 


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FREDERICK  B.  HAWLEY,  Bridgeport,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  22,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  K  November 
ii,]  862. 

WILLIAM  II.  HAWLEY,  Bridgeport,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  22,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  promoted  1st  sergeant 
February  10.  1863;  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  B  June  3,  1863. 

FRANKLIN  BARTLETT,  Bridgeport,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  June  21,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  promoted  1st  sergeant 
August  — ,  1863;  2d  lieutenant  Co.  F  Marcb  28,  1864. 

ALBERT  DEFOREST,  Stratford,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February 

10,  1862;    sergeant   September   ir,    1863;    1st   sergeant   September   i,    1864; 
2(1   lieutenant   Co.   G  February    17,    1865. 

RVSSELL  GLENN,  Bridgeport,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  June  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February 

11,  1863;   wounded  July  3,   1863,   Gettysburg,   Pa.:   promoted   sergeant  Feb 
ruary   14,   1864;  wounded  February  16,   1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.,  wounded 
October   28,    1864,    Hatcher's    Run,    Va. ;    promoted    1st    sergeant    February 

25,  1865;  wounded   March  25,    1865;  Hatcher's  Run,  Va. ;  discharged  June 

12,  1865. 

OSCAR  A.  ABBOTT,  Xorwalk,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  24,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  September  11, 
1863;  sergeant  April  i,  1864 ;  wounded  October  27,  1864.  Boydton  Plank 
Road,  Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  9,  1865. 

HENRY  M.  COOLEY,  Bridgeport,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  23.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  26,  1862;  captured  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  parole 
not  shown;  reduced  to  ranks  August  3,  1864;  promoted  sergeant  February 

26,  1865;   mustered   out   with   company   May  31,    1865. 

Lrrirs  L.  DYER,  Bridgeport,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  C  March  3,  1863. 

JOHN  GEATLEY,  Bridgeport,  sergeant,  enlisted  May  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1802;  mustered  private;  captured  July  2,  1863,  Gettysburg 
Pa.;  parole  not  shown;  promoted  corporal  June  23,  1864;  sergeant  August 
3,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  B.  HINCKS,  Bridgeport,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant  FVbruarv 
10,  1863;  appointed  sergeant-major  June  16,  1863. 

FDWARD  L.  HTMISTON,  Bridgeport,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  wounded  September  17, 
1862,  Antietam,  Md. ;  promoted  sergeant  February  10,  1863;  wounded  Mav 
3.  '&>3.  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  transferred  to  isytli  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V. 
R.  C.  March  4,  1864;  discharged  July  5,  1865. 

*GEORC,E   W.    WELLS,    Hartford,    sergeant,   enlisted   Julv   29,      1863,   mus- 


378  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

tered  in  July  29,  1863 ;  mustered  private ;  promoted  corporal  June  23, 
1864;  sergeant  February  26,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  K,  2d  C.  V.  11.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

Krnvix  A.  WILCOX,  Bridgeport,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  17,  1862, 
Antietam,  Md.  ;  promoted  sergeant  September  11.  1863;  wounded  Feb 
ruary  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  transferred  to  4th  Co.  2(1  Battalion 
V.  R.  C.  October  n,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 
9,  1864. 

GEORGE  H.  BATCHELOR,  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  J5oth  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
February  17,  1864;  discharged  July  5,  1865. 

*WILLIAM  BLEECHER,  Bristol,  corporal,  enlisted  September  9.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  September  8, 
1864;  transferred  to  Co.  K,  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

THEODORE  F.  BRADLEY,  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  reduced  to  ranks  October  i,  1862;  mustered 
out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

HARRY  BTRNHAM,  Groton,  corporal,  enlisted  April  13,  1864,  mustered 
in  April  13,  1864;  (See  corporal  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.);  mustered  pri 
vate;  promoted  August  3,  1864;  transferrred  to  Co.  K,  2(1  C.  V.  IT.  A.  May 
30,  1865- 

WILLIAM  R.  CRAK;,  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.  ; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  29,  1863. 

BENJAMIN  CURTIS,  Stratford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  10,  1863;  died 
June  9,  1863. 

FREDERICK  B.  DOTEN,  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  August  i,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  1st  lieutenant  Co.  F  March  3, 
1863. 

ROBERT  L.  FIELDS,  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  June  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  24,  1863. 

JOHN  HANNA<;AX,  Southport,  corporal,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fred- 
ericksburg,  Va. ;  promoted  October  28,  1863;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 

THOMAS  HENDERSON,  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  June  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  21,  1863; 
captured  May  5,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  paroled  November  30,  1864;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  JACOP.S,  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863; 
captured  July  2,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  paroled  August  29,  1863;  reduced 


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to  ranks  December  9,  1863;  promoted  corporal  December  12.  1863;  wound 
ed  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  died  May  25,  1864. 

Jonx  KELLY,  Putnam,  corporal,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  captured  May  3.  1863.  Chancellors- 
ville,  Va. ;  paroled  May  15.  1863;  promoted  October  28,  1863;  wounded 
May  24,  1864.  Xortb  Anna,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31, 
1865. 

HKXRV  I).  LEES,  Xorwalk,  corporal,  enlisted  July  9,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  August  19,  1862;  mustered 
out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*  FRANK  PASTOR,  Voluntown,  corporal,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  31.  1863;  mustered  private;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe 
Station,  Va.  ;  paroled  April  16,  1864;  promoted  corporal  February  26, 
1865;  transferred  to  Co.  11,  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

GmxELirs  RKAKDON.  Xorwalk,  corporal,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  September  n,  1863; 
wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  died  February  10,  1864. 

FREDERICK  STANDISH.  Bridgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  4,  1863. 

*JoitN  I'.  TACK,  Preston,  corporal,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  31,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  September  n,  1863;  reduced 
to  ranks  (sick)  September  8,  1864;  discharged  October  27.  1864. 

(JEORCE  W.  ALLEN,  Hartford,  musician,  enlisted  July  10,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

LrciEX  \Y.  I  [ruiJARD,  Bridgeport,  musician,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ; 
died  April  16,  1864,  Richmond,  Va. 

SETII  W.  1  Irx(iERFoRi),  \Yaterburv,  musician,  enlisted  August  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  (See  private  Co.  D,  ist  C.  V. )  ;  mustered 
private;  detailed  musician;  wounded  October  2r,  1864,  Petersburg,  Va. ; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  15.  NICHOLS,  Bridgeport,  wagoner,  enlisted  August  13.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

AARON  S.  AIJUOTT.  Xorwalk.  private,  enlisted  June  24.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  10,  1863. 

:;AYiLLL\M  G.  ABRAHAMS,  Yernon,  private,  enlisted  September  30,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  30,  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe 
Station,  Va. ;  discharged  May  31.  1865. 

*CHAKLES-  1 1.  ADAMS,  Plymouth,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  2,  1864;  wounded  August  25,  1864.  Ream's  Station.  Va. ; 
deserted  Xovember  16,  1864. 

JOSEPH    ALIX,    Brooklyn,    private,    enlisted    July    14,    1862,    mustered    in 


380  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.;  discharged 
on    account    of    disability    February   28,    1863. 

*ROBERT  ANDERSON,   Groton,  private,  enlisted  August  6,   1864,  mustered 
in  August  6,   1864;   transferred  to  Co.  K,  2(1  C.  V.   H.  A.   May  30,   1865. 
*WILLIAM    H.    ASHBURN,    Hartford,    private,    enlisted      August   7,    1863, 
mustered    in   August   7,    1863;    deserted    November   — ,    1864. 

*  ALBERT  BAHCOCK,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  23,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  26,  1863. 

*EDWARD  D.  BAILEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  13,   1863,  mustered 
in  August  7.   1863;  transferred  to  Co.   H,  2(1  C.  V.   H.  A.   May  30,   1865. 
JAMES  H.   BARTRAM,   Stratford,  private,  enlisted   August    12,   1862,  mus 
tered   in   August  20,    1862;    wounded   May   3,    1863,    Chancellorsville,   Va. ; 
died   May  7,    1864. 

HORACE  BARTRA.M,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
discharged  April  m,  1863. 

GEORGE  B.  BARTRAM,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1805. 

HENRY  K.  BATCHELOR,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862, 
mustered  in  .August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam, 
Md. ;  transferred  to  4ist  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  December  2,  1863; 
promoted  corporal  January  i,  1864;  discharged  August  8,  18(15. 

GEORGE  P.  BECK,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  May  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  December  27,  1802. 

OSCAR   R.    BEERS.    Stratford,    private,    enlisted    August    I,    1802,   mustered 
in    August    20,    1862;    discharged   on    account    of   disability    April    20,    1863. 
SAMUEL   BENSON,   Putnam,   private,   enlisted   June    13,    1802,   mustered    in 
August    20,    1862;    deserted    October   7,    1862. 

*JAMES  BEKKY.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  15.  1863;  missing  in  action  August  25,,  1864,  Ream's 
Station,  Va.  ;  probably  killed;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office, 
Washington,  1).  C. 

*  AN  DREW  BLAIR,  Sterling,  private,  enlisted  .August  2,  1864,  mustered  in 
August  2,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  11,  2cl  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30.  1X65. 

*JEKKMIAH  BLUNT.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  died  November  18,  1863. 

*JACTFUES  BORGOIX,  Middle-town,  private,  enlisted  September  18,  1863. 
mustered  in  September  18,  1863;  deserted  December  4,  1863. 

*FRED  C.  BOWMAN,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  discharged  May  20,  1865. 

JOEL  N.  BRADLEY,  Huntington,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. ; 
wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Kord,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 


Official  Roster.  381 

GEOR<;F.  A.  BRADLEY,  Newtown.  private,  enlisted  August  15.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February 
25,  1863. 

WILLIAM  BRADSHAW,  Litchlleld,  i)rivate,  enlisted  June  25.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1802;  killed  June  16,  186.),  Pelerslnirg  ,Va. 

ALFRED  BROWX,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  i8(>2;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Aid.;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

HKXKY  BROWX,  Plainlield.  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
ii;  August  20.  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

*CHARLES  BROWX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  August  20,  1863. 

*\YILLIAM  BKOWX,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  /,  1863;  transferred  to  I".  S.  X.  May  5.  1864;  served  on  U.  S. 
S.  "Banshee";  deserted  October  8,  1864. 

*\YILLIAM  BROWX,  2(1.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  22.  1863, 
mustered  in  .August  22,  1863;  supposed  captured  September  — ,  1863, 
Culpepper,  Ya.  ;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washing 
ton,  D.  C. 

THOMAS  RROWX,  Hebron,  private,  enlisted  December  19,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  19,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  K,  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JAMES  BROTHERS,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  July  31.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  11  nth  C.  V.');  transferred  to  Co.  C, 
nth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  20,  1863;  died  May  16,  1865. 

*CiiRiST.\ix  Briii.L,  \Yaterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.  ; 
died  in  rebel  prison,  place  and  date  not  shown. 

GEORGE  Bi'XVAX,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1862,  mustered 
'in  August  20,  1862;  captured  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  paroled 
May  13,  1863;  deserted  August  7,  1864. 

DAVID  B.  BTRR,  Trumbull,  private,  enlisted  August  16,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  21,  1863. 

*Joiix  BTRKK,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  7,  1863;  died  October  27,  1863. 

*THOMAS  CALLAGHAX,  Manchester,  private,  enlisted  August  r,  1864, 
mustered  in  August  i,  1864;  wounded  and  captured  August  25.  1864, 
Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  paroled  March  10,  1865;  died  March  28,  1865. 

LEVERETT  CAM  THEM.,  \Yilton,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. ;  deserted 
December  16,  1862. 

*JAMES  CAMPBELL,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ;  paroled 
May  8,  1864;  deserted  July  19,  1864. 


382  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.   V.  Infantry. 

*En\VARi)  CAMPBELL,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  18,  1863;  died  January  18,  1865. 

*JAMES  H.  CAXNOX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863:  discharged  December  8,  1863. 

GEORGE  CAKLOCK,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

*HENKY  A.  CHASE,  Canaan,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  November  15,  1863. 

*CHARLES  F.  CHESTER,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  5,  1863;  deserted  August  23,  1863. 

*PATRICK  CLARK.  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  captured  May  5,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va. ;  paroled 
November  30,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  II,  2d  C.  V,  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*JoiiN  COOK,  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  deserted  August  25,  1863. 

JOHN  COLTER,  JR.,  Brooklyn,  private,  enlisted  June  11,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  September  19,  1862. 

*ED\VAKI>  CORNWALL.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863;  mus 
tered  in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  August  21.  1863. 

GEORGE  CORCORAN,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  September  4,  1863,  mu.s- 
tered  in  September  4,  1803;  transferred  to  4Oth  Regiment  X.  Y.  Vols. 
April  24,  1864;  re-transferred  June  22,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  H,  2(1 
C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*JAMES  CRAWFORD,  Colchester,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ; 
died  April  28,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

*STEKRY  H.  CHUFF,  Thompson,  private,  enlisted  August  28,  1863; 
(See  private  Co.  E  I3th  C.  V.)  ;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2d  C.  V.  II.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

*JOHN  CUNNINGHAM,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  7,  1863;  discharged  June  29.  1865. 

HANFORD  CURTIS,  Stratford,  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  December  15,  1862. 

FRANCIS  R.  CURTIS,  Stratford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Md. ; 
discharged  March  10,  1863. 

ANTHONY  DANIELS,  Killingly,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  A.  DEAN,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  May  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*FREDERICK  DENGLER,  Burlington,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

*WILLIAM  DONOVAN,  Cromwell,  private,  enlisted  September  3.  1863, 
mustered  in  September  3,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's 


Official  Roster.  383 

Ford,  Va. ;  transferred  to  5th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  April  6,  1865; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  n,  1865. 

JOJIN  KXGUSH.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  April  24,  1863. 

CHARLES  R.  FXOELHARDT,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Feb 
ruary  8,  1863. 

DAVID  H.  FAKRAK.  Harrisville,  R.  1.,  private,  enlisted  July  10,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  captured  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ; 
paroled  May  13.  1863;  died  August  10,  1863. 

*l)i-:xxis  FARLEY,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  December  15,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  15,  1864;  deserted  February  9,  1865. 

*THOMAS  FLEMIXO,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1864, 
mustered  in  August  I,  1804;  deserted  August  28.  1864. 

Jonx  11.  ForxTAix,  Thompson,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  June  18,  1864,  Petersburg,  Va. ;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  Fox.  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mustered  in  August 
20,  1862;  wounded  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  transferred  to  8th  Co. 
2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  December  18,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  II  loth 
Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  10,  1864;  re-enlisted  veteran  August  30,  1864; 
promoted  corporal  January  11,  1865;  sergeant  June  11,  1865;  discharged 
November  15,  1865. 

*PHELPS  Fox,  Granby.  private,  enlisted  August  21,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  21,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  K  .2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JA.MKS  W.  FRENCH,  Monroe,  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862;  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  captured  July  2,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  paroled 
August  29,  1863;  captured  October  27.  1864,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va. ;  paroled 
March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

AMZI  GARAURAXT,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  October  9,  1862. 

*CHARLES  F.  GOODRICH,  North  Canaan,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  7,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

*GEORCE  GORDON,  Cromwell,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863;  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

*Jf)HN  HAGAMAXD,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  11,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  i  I,  1863;  captured  October  27,  1864,  Stony  Creek,  Va. ; 
paroled  February  17,  1865;  furloughed  March  18,  1865;  failed  to  return;  no 
further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington.  1).  C. 

*THOMAS  HA<;AN,  Westport,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1864,  mustered 
in  August  3,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JOSEPH    HART,    Killingly,    private,    enlisted    July    14,    1862,    mustered    in 


384  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  December  8,  1863. 

THOMAS  HART,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  18,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  G  24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
March  10,  1865;  discharged  August  14,  1865. 

*JAMES  \Y.  HENDERSON,  Knst  lladdam,  private,  enlisted  September  13, 
1863,  mustered  in  September  13,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1804,  Mor 
ton's  Ford,  Va. ;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  18(15; 
(correct  name  Hezekiah  Schetler. ) 

FnwARD  HILL.  Killingly,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862:  wounded  September  I/.  1862,  Antietam,  Md.  : 
transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  August  13,  1863;  discharged 
July  6,  1865. 

CHARLES  G.  HYATT,  Norwalk.  private,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  February  6.  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.  ;  died 
FVbruary  28.  1864. 

*JoH\  JACKSOX,  Lebanon,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  i86~_|,  mustered 
in  August  5,  1864;  deserted  August  28.  18^4. 

*I;RAXKLIN  JOHNSON.  Milford.  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1803,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  see  Franklin  Thompson. 

CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Sumeld,  private,  enlisted  December  9.  1804,  mus 
tered  in  December  9,  1804;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  M,;y 
30.  1865. 

JOHN  KELLKV.  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  9,  1864.  mus 
tered  in  December  9.  1864;  deserted  February  12.  1865. 

IrKAxris  A.  KIXG,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

RICHARD  KIRK.  Xorwalk,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

GEORGE  1C.  LAXGGTTH,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  39th  Co.  2cl  Battalion  V.  R  C". 
September  26,  1863;  discharged  June  29,  1865. 

\\ILLIAM  LARKINS,  Sprague,  private,  enlisted  June  19,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  September  9,  1862. 

THAI'DEUS  \Y.  LEWIS.  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

*CHARLES  LOOM  is,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864,  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "Augusta";  deserted  October  19,  1864. 

JOHX  LOTTV,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  27,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  May  24,  1865. 

GEORGE  E.  LOVER,  Redding,  private,  enlisted  August  16,  1862,  mustered  in 


Official  Roster.  385 

August    20,     1862:    captured    May     18,     1X64.    Spottsylvania.    Va. ;    paroled 
March  i.  1865;  discharged  July  21,  1865. 

MICHAEL  MAIMHGAX,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  25.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862  skilled  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Md. 

DTXCAN  C.  McCAXN,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  5.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  captured  May  18,  1864.  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  par 
oled  March  I.  1865;  discharged  July  21,  1865. 

[AMES  McCAi'LEv,  Faston.  private,  enlisted  August  11.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  captured  July  20,  1863,  Warrenton,  Va. ;  died  March 
23,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

JOHN  McCAKRiCK.  Cromwell,  private,  enlisted  December  14,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  14.  1864;  deserted  April  6.  1865. 

*JOHN  McDoxALD,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  T,  1863;  deserted  June  27,  1864. 

GEORGE  McFALL,  Mansfield,  private,  enlisted  December  17,  1864.  mus 
tered  in  December  17,  1864:  transferred  to  Co.  K  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

*JAMES  MCLATGHLIX,  Harwinton,  private,  enlisted  September  14,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  14,  1863;  killed  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe  Sta 
tion.  Va. 

BEXJAMIN  F.  MERRILL,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  9.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March 
19.  1863. 

*CHARLES  MILLING,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8.  1863;  deserted  October  25,  1863. 

*WILLIAM    MILLER,    Meriden    private,    enlisted    September   4,    1863,   mus 
tered   in   September   5.    1863 ;    deserted    May    18,    1864. 

PATRICK  MOORE,  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  July  13.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3.  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va.,  wounded 
May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  MOORE,  Suffield.  private,  enlisted  December  9,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  9,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*JoHN  MOLAND,  Knfield,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  30,  1864;  deserted  August  28.  1864. 

*GEORGE  MTLLER,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  i.  1863;  deserted  May  2,  1864. 

*EII\VARI»  MURPHY,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  27,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  27.  1863;  deserted  November  9,  1863. 

*Jonx  NELSON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  29.  1863;  discharged  December  n,  1863. 

*WJLLIAM  V.  NELSOX,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  must- 
tered  in  July  25.  1863;  deserted  August  17.  1863. 

WILLIAM  H.  NORTON.  Trumbull,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Md. 


386  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

*  PETER  O'CONNOR,  Wallingford,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  i,  1863;  discharged  May  2,  1864. 

*JOSEPH  ORR,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2cl  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*HERMAN  PARSONS,  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  September  28,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  28,  1863;  died  December  25,  1863. 

*SAMUEL  Y.  PERRY,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  discharged  April  24,  1864,  by  reason  of  trans 
fer  to  U.  S.  N. ;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

*JAMES  PHELAN,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  2,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  20,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  H  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

HENRY  PHILLIPS,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  August  16,  1864,  Deep  Bottom,  Va. ;  died 
October  24,  1864. 

CHARLES  H.  PLATT,  Norwalk,  private,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.,  wound 
ed  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  discharged  February  5,  1864. 

WILLIAM  POWERS,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  24,  1863. 

*THOMAS  PURCELL,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  28,  1803, 
mustered  in  September  28,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Sta 
tion,  Va. ;  paroled  March  15,  1864;  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's 
Station,  Va. ;  paroled  March  10,  1865;  discharged  June  28,  1865. 

*JAMES  RACEY.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  17,  1863. 

JESSE  H.  RAMSDELL,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  captured  July  20.  1863,  on  march  from  YVarrenton, 
Va. ;  died  February  4,  1864,  Richmond,  Va. 

SHERWOOD  S.  REYNOLDS.  Fairfield.  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*JoHN  RIDLEY,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  11,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  n,  1863;  wounded  June  3,  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va  ;  absent, 
sick  in  hospital  at  muster  out  of  company;  no  further  record  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

SIMON  W.  RILEY,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  December  15,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  15,  1864;  deserted  April  6,  1865. 

*JOHN  RILEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered  in  July 
29,  1863;  deserted  August  17,  1863. 

THOMAS  RILEY,  Suffield,  private,  enlisted  December  9,  1864,  mustered  in 
December  9,  1864;  discharged  July  5,  1865. 

THOMAS  RING,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  13,  1863. 


Official  Roster.  387 

JAMES  KINCWOOH.  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  June  25,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1X62;  killed  June  /.  1864.  Cold  Harbor,  Va. ;  died  June 
7-  1864. 

Ri<  HARD  RINOWOOM,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  August  14.  1X62,  mustered 
iu  August  20.  1X02;  eaptured  May  25,  1804,  North  Anna  River,  Va. ;  died 
August  25.  1X64,  Anderson ville,  (ia. 

*CHAKI,ES  Roi'.KKTS,  \Yaterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1X63,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1X03;  transferred  to  L'.  S.  X.  April  2X,  1X04.  as 
Samuel  Roberts;  served  on  t'.  S.  S.  "Agawam"  and  "Don";  discharged 
January  25,  [866. 

*THO.MAS  RI"MBLK,  Torrington.  private,  enlisted  September  11,  i8(>3, 
mustered  in  September  M.  iX(>3;  died  November  24,  1X63. 

*  PATRICK  RYAN,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  20.  1X63.  mustered  in 
lulv  2<).  1X03;  wounded  May  6,  1X04,  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  transferred  to 
Co.  d  Qth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  date  not  shown;  discharge  July  20.  1X65. 

*JAMKS  RYAN,  Cromwell,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1X63,  mus 
tered  in  September  15,  1X63;  deserted  Ma}1  29.  1804. 

:|:1  IK/KKIAII  STHKTLKR,  Hast  lladdam.  private,  enlisted  September  13, 
1803.  mustered  in  September  13.  1X03;  see  James  \Y.  Henderson. 

*HENKY  SCHMIDT.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1X63.  mus- 
tered  in  August  3.  1X63;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 
17.  1803. 

SILAS  N.  SHKRMAX.  Trumbull,  private,  enlisted  July  24.  1X62.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1X62;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1X65. 

STEPHEN  I).  SKIUMOKK.  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  7.  1X62.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1X62;  (See  private  Co.  D.  3d  C  V.)  ;  wounded  Septem 
ber  17.  1802.  Antietam.  Md.;  ca|)tured  October  28,  1X64,  Dinwiddie  C. 
II..  Ya.  :  paroled  Hebruary  17.  1805;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
31.  iX(>5. 

:;:( ii-:oR(iK  SMITH,  ist,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1X03,  mus 
tered  in  July  30.  1X63;  captured  October  14.  1X03.  Bristoe  Station.  Va. ; 
paroled  April  16,  1X64;  transferred  to  Co.  II  jd  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30.  1X65. 

*(iEOK<;i-:  SMITH.  2(1..  Torrington.  private,  enlisted  Se])tember  X,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  X,  1X63;  wounded  May  12.  1X64.  Spottsylvaipa, 
\  a.,  wounded  September  30.  1864  Petersburg.  Va. ;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  June  16.  1X65. 

*JOHN  SMITH,  Harford.  ]>ri\-ate,  enlisted  July  31,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  31.  1863;  deserted  August  17.  1863. 

MATTHEW  SMITH.  Sufheld.  private,  enlisted  December  9.  1864.  mus 
tered  in  December  9.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

ROMAXXO  H.  SNOW,  Hast  lladdam.  private,  enlisted  June  6.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862:  transferred  to  Co,  D  nth  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
March  2,  1864;  discharged  June  5.  1865, 


388  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

*GEORGE  H.  SXYDER,  Stonington,  j)rivate,  enlisted  July  24,  1803,  mustered 
in  July  29,  1863;  deserted  August  17,  1863. 

*BEKXHARD  STEPHENS,  Union,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  12,  1863;  captured,  date  and  plaee  not  shown;  died  Au 
gust  28,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

SAMUEL  STONE.  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  June  17,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  captured  May  3,  1863,  Frederickslmrg,  Va. ;  paroled  May 
15,  1863;  wounded  February  5,  1865,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va. ;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*FRANCIS  STORMS,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  I  i8th  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
May  24,  1864;  discharged  July  25,  1865. 

*BURRITT  STYLES,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8.  1863;  wounded  May  12,  1864;  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  June  16,  1865. 

*CHAKLES  SULLIVAN,  Manchester,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  8,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ; 
transferred  to  Co.  H  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

AI.I'.EKT  SWEET,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  June  12.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  22.  1862. 

WILLIAM  L.  SWEET,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  June  ir,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  B  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  i,  1863; 
discharged  August  23.  1865. 

^FREDERICK  TANNER,  Plainfiekl,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  15,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  If  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

FREDERICK  TATRO.  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  July  15.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  January  20,  1863. 

FREDERICK  TAYLOR.  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Autietam,  Md. ;  deserted 
December  i,  1862. 

*FRANKLIN  THOMPSON,  Milford,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  fell  out  on  march  and  captured  May  18,  1864; 
died  August  12.  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga.  ;  (correetname  Franklin  Johnson.) 

OLIVER  K.  TOMLINSON,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  May  27,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  C  24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
January  21,  1864;  discharged  May  15,  1865. 

*JOSHUA  TRTPP,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  24,  1863;  discharged  December  13,  1863. 

*CHARLES  TURNER,  Faston,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  15,  1863;  deserted  October  19,  1864. 

*WILLIAM  TYRRELL,  Faston,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  15,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  II  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30,  1865,  as  William  Tyrall. 

RICHARD  WALLACE,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  25,  1862,  mustered 


Official  Roster.  389 

in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va., 
wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 

SAM  TEL  I').  WAKELEE,  Trumbull,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  82(1  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C, 
January  29,  1864;  discharged  July  24.  1865. 

*HE\KY  WALTER,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  iu  September  8,  1863;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford, 
Va. ;  died  July  9,  1864,  Andersonville,  (ia. 

*MICHAEL  WARD,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  _9,  1863;  deserted  August  i/,  1863. 

:;:llr<;n  WARREN,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  29,  1863;  deserted  August  17.  1863. 

*  HARRY    WARDEN,    Xew     Haven,    private,    enlisted    September    17,    1863, 
mustered  in  September  17,   1863;  deserted  February  4,  1865. 

*LEYI  WEEKS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  29.  1863;  deserted  August  17,  1863. 

RrssEi.L  \Y.  WimvoMi!,  Monroe,  private,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  _o,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Maich  i, 
1863. 

An  NEK  S.  \Yn  ITCOM  P,,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  i86j,  nuis- 
tered  in  .August  20,  1862;  deserted  September  27,  1862. 

JOSEPH  11.  \YniTE.  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  i8()2;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  3, 
1863. 

*  ANDRES   WILSON,   Hartford,  i>rivate.  enlisted  July  29,   1863,  mustered  in 
July  29,    1863;   discharged  on  account  of  disability  August  5,   1864. 

*JAMES  WILSON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  -(),  1863;  (See  private  Co.  H  22(!  C.  V.);  deserted  August  17,  1863. 

*WiLLiAM  WILLIAMS,  Hartford,  ]>ri\ate.  enlisted  July  29,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  29.  1863;  deserted  August  25.  1863. 

*JOHN  WiNsL-nv,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863.  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ; 
paroled  November  19.  1864;  deserted  February  ~,  1865. 

JOHN  WISE,  Suffield,  private,  enlisted  December  9,  1864,  mustered  in 
December  9.  1864;  deserted  February  27.  1865. 

WILLIAM  WOOLLEY,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  June  n,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862:  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*JoiiN  D.  WOLF,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  26,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  26.  1803;  wounded  February  6.  1864,  Morton's  Ford, 
Va.  ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  10,  1865. 

COMPANY  B. 

FLIJAH  W.  (iinnoNs,  Middletown,  ca])tain,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862:  (See  1st  lieutenant  Co.  (]  1st  C.  V.  H.  A.); 


390  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  died  December  19. 
1862. 

JAMES  L.  '1  OWXSEXD,  New  Haven,  captain,  enlisted  August  19,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Rifle  Co.  C  3d  C.  V. )  ;  promoted 
from  ist  lieutenant  Co.  I  February  4,  1863;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chan- 
cellorsville,  Va.  ;  dismissed  December  2,  1863. 

HEXRY  P.  GOUDAKD,  N(;r\vicb,  captain,  enlisted  June  n,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  G  to  ist  lieutenant 
February  4,  1863;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  promoted 
captain  March  28,  1864;  discharged  April  26,  1864. 

GEORUE  X.  BRIC.HAM,  Vernon,  captain,  enlisted  July  r6.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  1  to  1st  lieutenant 
March  28,  1864;  captain  June  26,  1864;  wounded  August  25,  1864,  Ream's 
Station,  Va. ;  discharged  December  8,  1864. 

JOHX  C.  BROATCH,  Middletown,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  captain  Co.  A  January  i,  1863. 

ROBERT  RTSSELL,  Middletown,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  (See  corporal  Co.  A  2d  C.  V.);  mustered 
sergeant;  promoted  ist  sergeant  February  9,  1863;  2d  lieutenant  November 
18,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  promoted  June  26,  1864; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WALTER  M.  LTCAS,  Middletown.  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  ist  lieutenant  Co.  A  August  20, 
1862. 

DAVID  F.  CAXFIELD,  Middletown,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  16,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  K  Novem 
ber  13,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

WILLIAM  H.  HAWLEV.  Bridgeport,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  22.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  A  June  3, 
1863;  ist  lieutenant  Co.  D  October  20,  1863. 

WILLIAM  L.  G.  PRITCHARD.  Waterbnry,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  I, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  C 
February  15,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

CHARLES  W.  GALPIX,  Middletown,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  A  August  20, 
1862. 

J.  FRAXK  MORCAX,  Middletown,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  promoted  November  18, 
1863;  2d  lieutenant  Co.  C  April  4,  i86_|. 

FLXATHAX  B.  TYLER,  Middletown,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Rifle  Co.  B  3(1  C.  V. )  ;  mus 
tered  corporal ;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.  ;  promoted  sergeant 
October  25,  1863;  ist  sergeant  April  26,  1864;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wil 
derness,  Va. ;  discharged  July  24,  1865. 


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HEXRY  S.  BROOKS,  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  iu  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February 
9,  1863;  wounded  May  3.  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  promoted  sergeant 
March  23.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

JOHN  Coi>v,  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  January  4,  1864; 
sergeant  April  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

\Yiu.i.\M  Jl.  DEAX,  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February 
9,  1863;  sergeant  October  25,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness, 
Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

IK\  A.  GRAHAM.  Durham,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  October  25, 
1863;  sergeant  January  4,  1864;  appointed  sergeant-major  March  26,  1864. 

GEOKGK  A.  Hri:i:Ai<!>,  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va..  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  Jan 
uary  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOSEPH  McCi-rsi<Y,  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  17,  1862, 
Antietam,  Md.;  promoted  corporal  October  25,  1863;  sergeant,  April  20, 
1864;  wounded  May  12.  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  died  May  25,  1864. 

WILLIAM  MrRincK,  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  October  i, 
1862;  sergeant  February  9,  i8(>3;  appointed  sergeant-major  October  20, 
1863. 

FREDERICK  1').  XYK,  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  .August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant  May  25, 
1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  G.  PELTOX.  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  appointed  sergeant-major  September  17,  1862. 

HORATIO  X.  SHAW,  Middletown.  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  (  See  private  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V. )  ;  mustered  corporal, 
promoted  October  21,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va.,  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  23.  1863. 

Fnwix  STROI'I>.  Middletown,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February 
9,  1863;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.  ;  promoted  sergeant 
November  20.  1863;  wounded  May  10,  1864,  Po  River,  Va.  ;  transferred  to 
C'o.  K  2(1  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  February  5,  1865;  discharged  July  3.  1865. 

FREDERICK  R.  BEEISE.  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. ; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  IT.  1863. 

*Ar<;rsTUs  BODWELL,  Xew   Haven,  corporal,  enlisted  July   18,   1863.  mus- 


392  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

tered  in  July  18,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  March  23.  1865;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  V.  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

WILLIAM  S.  BOXNEY,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  August  13,  1862; 
transferred  to  2(1  Co.  ist  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  July  2S,  1863;  died  July  28. 
1863. 

JEREMIAH  F.  CORHETT,  Middletown.  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  March  23,  1865, 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

ALBERT  R.  CRITTEXDEX,  Middletown.  corporal,  enlisted  August  n,  1862; 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  August  25. 
1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

HEMAX  F.  CKOWELL,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  August  2,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  4,  1864; 
wounded  May  5.  1864.  Wilderness,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
31,  1865. 

PATRICK  DAILEY.  Middletown.  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3,  1863.  Gettys 
burg,  Pa.;  promoted  October  25,  1863;  transferred  to  LT.  S.  N.  May  5,  1864; 
served  on  L\  S.  S.  "Admiral"  and  "Fort  Morgan";  deserted  October  31, 
1 864. 

HIRAM  11.  Fox,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg, 
Pa.;  promoted  corporal  April  26,  1864;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness, 
Va.,  wounded  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  HALL,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  August  20,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  April  26,  1804; 
wounded  May  10,  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  dis 
ability  February  14,  1865. 

SAMTEL  HI'XIIAM,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  August  8,  1862;  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  <;,  1863; 
killed  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

JAMES  lx<;us,  Middletown.  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862.  mustered 
in  .August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  4,  1864;  wounded 
February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
June  12,  1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  JOHNSON.  JR.,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  August  5, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October 
i,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.  ;  transferred  to 
Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  13,  1863;  reduced  to  ranks  August  21, 
1863;  discharged  July  6,  1865. 

HENRY    A.    LLOYD,    Middletown,    corporal,    enlisted    July    31,    1862,    mus- 


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tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg. 
Va. ;  died  January  12.  1863. 

DAVID  MAITLAXD,  Middletown.  corporal,  enlisted  August  6.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md. ; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  18.  1862. 

*A.M<>x  L.  XORTOX,  \\"olcott,  corporal,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  I)  5th  C.  V.}  :  mustered  private;  promot 
ed  January  4.  1864;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va., 
wounded  June  3,  1864.  Cold  llarbor.  Va.  ;  died  June  30,  1864. 

JA.MKS  H.  SAGE.  Middletown.  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg, 
Pa.;  promoted  October  25,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  No 
vember  12.  1863. 

RICHARD  V.  SINGLETON.  Middletown.  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V. )  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  March  4,  1863. 

GUERNSEY  I'.  SMITH,  Durham,  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  captured  November  17,  1862.  \Yarrenton.  Va. : 
paroled  January  — .  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  30. 
1863. 

*RAXDALL  M.  TALLMAX,  \Yindham.  corporal,  enlisted  August  21,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  21,  1863;  mustered  private:  wounded  June  3,  1864. 
Cold  M  arbor.  Ya.  ;  promoted  March  23.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  F  --\ 
Regiment  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

FTGENE  S.  BOWERS,  Middletown.  musician,  enlisted  August  5,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

PIERRE  P.  HfRLi:rRT,  Middletown,  musician,  enlisted  July  31.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  31. 
1863. 

NELSON  L.  STOWE.  \Vaterbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  mustered 
out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

GEORGE  S.  PARMELEE.  Middletown,  wagoner,  enlisted  July  31,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 
29.  1862. 

THOMAS  P.  ALLEN,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  jo.  1862;  wounded  September  23.  i8f>2.  Fort  Fthan  Allen, 
Va.  :  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  I,  1862. 

*JoH\  ANDERSON.  2(1,  Lisbon,  private,  enlistd  July  25,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25,  1863;  wounded  February  6.  18^4.  Morton's  Ford,  Va.  ;  transferred 
to  U.  S.  X.  April  20.  1864;  served  on  L*.  S.  S.  "Ino";  discharged  July  30. 
1865. 

*JAMES  ANDERS  >x,  Litchtield,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1864.  mustered 
in  August  5.  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  20.  1865. 


394  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

NELSON  S.  BAILEY,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  .February  5, 
1863. 

*PIERCE  BAKKON.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.  ;  transferred 
to  Co.  H  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

Lrcirs  F.  BIDWELL,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  killed  May  5,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. 

*JoH\  BARCLAY,  \Yallingford,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1864,  mustered 
in  August  3,  1864;  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

ISAAC'  BKAINAKD,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  18,  1865. 

FnwARD  II.  BREWER,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  April  2,  1863. 

*MU:HAEL  BRENNAN.  Branford.  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25,  1863;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  died  July  3,  1864, 
Andersom  ille,  (ia. 

CHARLES  S.  BROOKS.  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  killed  October  14,  1863.  Bristoe  Station.  Va. 

GEORGE  BROWN.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  missing  in  action  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md.; 
probably  killed;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washing 
ton,  I).  C. 

*GoTTFRiED  BRUNO,  Xewtown.  private,  enlisted  September  30,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  30,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863.  Bristoe  Station, 
Va. ;  paroled  November  20.  1864;  discharged  June  5,  1865;  (correct  name 
Gottlief  Spitxer. ) 

*JOHN  BUCKLEY,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1864,  mustered 
in  August  6,  1864;  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

LEVI  P.  BURR,  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  November  23,  1862. 

NATHANIEL  BUTLER,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  February  3,  1863. 

SAMUEL  G.  CAMP,  Durham,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  i/,  1802.  Antietam,  Md.  ;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  March  3,  1863. 

FARL  T.  CAMPIJELL,  Durham,  private,  enlisted  August  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  23, 
1863. 

THOMAS  CAPPER,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862;  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellnrsville,  Va.  ;  trans 
ferred  to  41  st  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  September  14,  1864;  discharged 
August  15,  1865,  term  expired. 


Official  Roster.  395 

JAMKS  II.  CAKSOX.  Greenwich,  private,  enlisted  December  7.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  Deeemlier  /.  18(13;  deserted  May  25,  1865. 

*ALBERT  CHAPPELL,  \Yindham,  private,  enlisted  August  31,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  31,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  I'",  jd  C.  Y.  II.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

.\U:FKT  II.  CHAMHERLAIN,  Middletown,  prixate,  enlisted  May  9,  1864, 
mustered  in  May  <).  i8(>4;  tnu..-rerred  to  Co.  r~  jd  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

ASHBKL  A.  CLARK,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  .August  JO,  i86j;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  30. 
[863. 

Ai.rnF.rs  I).  CLARK.  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  August  t,  1X62.  mus 
tered  in  August  JO,  i86j;  transferred  to  57th  Co.  Jd  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
September  9.  1863;  promoted  corporal;  transferred  to  5otb  Co.  jd  Battal 
ion  October  18,  1865;  promoted  captain  Co.  1)  ujd  Regiment  C.  S.  C.  I. 
January  JO,  1865;  discharged  January  17.  1866. 

WILLIAM  II.  CLARK.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  i86j,  mus 
tered  in  .August  JO.  i86j;  mustered  out  with  company  Mav  31,  1865. 

::AYiLLi.\:\!  CLANCEY,  Xorwich.  ])ri\-at",  enlisted  July  23,  1803,  mustered  in 
July  J3.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  K  6th  Rro-iment  V.  R .  C.  April  j8,  1864; 
re-transferred  May  3,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  A  Jd  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

MAKVIX  COOK,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  i8(>j,  mustered 
in  August  JO,  i86j;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  j8,  i8(>3 

CHAKLF.S  S.  CKOWFJ.L.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  i86j, 
mustered  in  August  JO.  i86j;  transferred  to  4ist  Co.  Jd  Battalion  Y.  R.  C. 
December  J,  1863;  discharged  August  4,  1865. 

!)WK;HT  I).\\'is,  Middletown,  pri\-ate.  enlisted  August  6,  ]86j.  mustered 
in  .Augu>t  JO,  i86j;  wounded  May  5,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va  ;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

:|AYi[.u.\M  l)KX<;rin,  l>ristol,  ])ri\'ate.  enlisted  September  9.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  (>  I4th  Regiment  Indiana 
Yols.  October  8.  1803.  a  deserter  therefrom  under  name  of  Asher  \Y. 
Foster. 

*Jonx  I)FKM()l)^•,  North  Canaan,  pri\-ate,  enlisted  August  /,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  7.  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1864.  Bristoe  Station,  Ya.  ; 
discharged  May  ^o,  1865. 

*NlCHOLAS  DOCK,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7.  1803;  deserted  March  I.  1804. 

*JosF.i'ii  \\".  DONNELLY.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  Augu>t  5.  18(13;  deserted  August  18.  1X03. 

*JoH\  DOYLE,  (ilastonl)iiry.  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1803;  mustered 
in  August  5,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Ya..  wound- 
eel  June  17,  i8(M,  Petersburg.  Va. ;  deserted  August  jo,  1864. 

*SAMUEL  DREW,  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  186^.  mustered 
m  August  8,  1863;  deserted  October  n,  1863. 


396  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

*EnvvARi)  DUFFY,  Canton,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  10,  1863;  wounded  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  August  17,  1865. 

WILLIAM  KCK,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  August  25,  1862. 

JOHN  EDIE,  "{"Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1863;  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

JOHN  EDWARD,  fBridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  4,  1863;  discharged  July  14,  1865. 

*CASI>ER  L.  ELLIOTT,  Lebanon,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  24,  1863;  discharged  July  5,  1865. 

*THOMAS  ENGLISH,  Winchester,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

AMOS  H.  FAIRCHILD,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  March  8,  1863. 

*JoHN  EAHY,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  transferred  to  Department  of  N.  W.  April  22,  1864; 
no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

WILLIAM  B.  FLAGG.  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  March  29,  1864;  mus 
tered  in  March  29,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  5,  1865. 

*JAMES  FLOOD,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  7,  1863;  discharged  October  n,  1865. 

*JoHN  FLYNN,  yNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1803,  mustered 
in  July  25,  1863;  deserted  August  14,  1863. 

CHARLES  H.  GALPIX,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  31.  1862;  (See  private  Co. 
M  ist  C.  V.  Cavalry.) 

*JosEi'H  W.  GALLOWAY.  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  186 }, 
mustered  in  August  8,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station, 
Va. ;  died  March  21,  1864,  Augusta,  Ga. 

*GRAFTON  GATES,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  23,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  23,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864,  as 
Jndson  Gray;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Bienville"  and  "Arkansas";  discharge  I 
June  30,  1865. 

THOMAS  GLEASON,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  186.2,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  descried 
April  18,  1865. 

FRANKLIN  M.  GOFF,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*ALBERT  GROBE,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  18,  1863;  deserted  August  25,  1863. 

AUGUSTUS  GUILD,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 


Official  Roster.  397 

in  August  jo,  1802;  wounded  July  3,  i<S63,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  discharged 
June  5,  1805. 

^PATRICK  HAINKS,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  5,  1863;  deserted  August  25.  1863. 

*JAMES  HAM.,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  31,  1863;  deserted  August  14,  1863. 

*JAMES  HAXXAX,  (iroton,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1863;  deserted  September  !2,  1863. 

*FREI>ERIC  HARRISON,  Griswold,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  died 
February  12,  1864. 

*THOMAS  HARVEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  21,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  9,  1863. 

*GEOR<;E  HARRIS,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7.  1863;  deserted  August  25,  1863. 

THOMAS  HARRIS,  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  April  8,  1864,  mustered 
in  April  8,  1864;  deserted  April  18,  1865. 

*JAMES  HAYES.  1st.,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30,  1863;  wounded  June  20,  1864,  Petersburg.  Va.,  wounded  October 
27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road.  Va. ;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's 
Office.  Washington,  1).  C. 

*JAMES  HAYES,  2(1.,  (iroton,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  5,  1863;  wounded  May  10,  1864.  Laurel  Hill,  Va. ;  transferred 
to  Co.  H  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*GF.OKGE  HAYES.  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  7.  1863;  died  June  30,  1864. 

JOHN  HEXDERSOX,  Groton.  private,  enlisted  April  13,  1864,  mustered  in 
April  13,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  H  October  9,  1864. 

*SAMTEL  HERRIX<;,  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9.  1863;  killed  June  3.  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va. 

JOSEPH  H.  HILLIKER,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va.  ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  2,  1863. 

WILLIAM  P.  HILLIKER,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

*CHARLES  HOFFMAX,  Windham,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  5,  1864:  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

CLARK  P.  HOLMES,  Middle-town,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  captured  October  27.  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road, 
Va. ;  paroled  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*\VILLIAM  HOLT,  Xew  llaxen,  private,  enlisted  July  18.  1863,  mustered 
in  July  18.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  15,  1864. 

*TnoMAs  HOLT,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1863,  mustered  in 
July  29,  1863;  deserted  August  14,  1863. 


398  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

*GEOKC;E  Hoi. MAX.  T.NCW  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1X63,  mus 
tered  in  August  4,  1863;  deserted  August  25,  1863. 

*HEXRY  H.  HOOKS,  \\"indham,  private,  enlisted  August  21,  1863.  mustered 
in  August  21.  1X63;  furloughecl  from  hosi)ital  March  2(1,  1805;  failed  t<> 
return;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  I).  C. 

ROBERT  I  IrnMAKM.  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  August  6.  1X62,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1X62;  killed  September  I/,  1X02,  Antietam,  Md. 

DAXIKI.  I*.  H  ri'.r.ARD,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1X02.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1X62;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  19, 
1X63. 

Gii.r.KRT  II.  llrni'.AKit.  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1X62, 
mustered  in  August  20.  iX(>2;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  19, 
1X63. 

MAI.COM  S.  INCH  AM,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  July  31.  iX(>2,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1X62;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  14. 
1863. 

\Yii.UAM  11.  JOHNSON,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1X62. 
mustered  in  August  20,  1X62;  killed  December  13,  1X62,  Kredericksburg,  Va. 

SHERMAN  JOHNSON.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1X62,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1X62;  mustered  out  with  company  Mav  31.  1X65. 

\Yii.nrR  \Y.  JOHNSON,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1X62.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1X62;  appointed  hospital  steward  January  I,  1X63. 

*Tno.MAS  JOHNSON,  Yoluntown,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1X03,  mustered 
in  July  29,  1X63;  deserted  August  14,  1X63. 

*JoH\  JOHNSON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  .August  I,  1X63,  mustered 
in  August  i,  1X63;  deserted  August  14.  1X63. 

*Y\'ii.UAM  JONES,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1X03,  mustered  in 
July  31.  1X63;  deserted  October  23.  1X63. 

Arsrix  JriM),  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1X62,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1X62;  wounded  May  3.  1X03,  Chanccllorsv  ille,  Va. ;  died  June 

9-    1^3- 

JAMKS  KEIKXES.  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1X62,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1X62;  wounded  March  31.  1X64,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  July  ic.  1X65. 

HENRY  A.  KENT.  Pomfret,  private,  enlisted  August  20,  1X63,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1X63;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2cl  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1X65. 

KrcEXE  YY.  KENYON,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1X62.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1X62;  died  December  31.  1X62. 

CHRISTIAN  H.  Kixc.  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1X62,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1X62;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
19.  1X63. 

*HENRY  A.  LAWRENCE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  .August  22,  1X63. 
mustered  in  August  22.  1X63;  wounded  May  10,  1X64,  Laurel  llill,  Va.  , 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  X,  1X65. 


Official  Roster.  399 

*MICHAEL  LEX  ARM,  Washington,  private,  enlisted  September  14,  1863, 
mustered  in  Septeber  14,  1863;  deserted  December  18,  1863. 

DAVID  B.  LIXCOLX,  Middletown,  ])ri\-ate,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
died  December  17,  1862. 

CHARLES  K.  Loxc,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  12,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  12,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2(1  C.  V.  tl.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

RICHARD  LVXCH,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  14,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  14,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  H  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

*GEOR<;E  B.  MAXXIXC,,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1863,  mustered 
ii  July  21,  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1864. 

JAMES  II.  MARBLE.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericks - 
1  urg.  Va.  ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  14,  1863. 

GEORCE  S.  MAY,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  killed  May  6.  1864.  Wilderness,  Va. 

llrcir  McBRAVXE,  Middletown.  private.  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V. )  ;  wounded 
September  17.  1862,  Antietam.  Md. ;.  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
December  3,  1863. 

DANIEL  MCCARTY,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  7,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  7,  1864;  deserted  April  18,  1865. 

*HEXRY  McGn.L,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1863.  mustered  in 
August  i,  1863;  deserted  August  14,  1863. 

*BERXAKI>  McGREVoR,  Plymouth,  prhate,  enlisted  December  5,  i86a, 
mustered  in  August  5.  1864;  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

*DAYID  MC!XTYRE,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  17,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  17.  1863;  died  April  22,  1864. 

WILLIAM  W.  MILLER,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  killed  August  16.  1864,  Deep  Bottom.  Va. 

AAROX  MOFFITT.  Killingly,  private,  enlisted  August  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1863;  died  October  i.  1864. 

MICHAEL  MTRPHY.  Columbia,  private,  enlisted  December  3,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  3.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  H  2d  C.  V.  H.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

*JrLius  XACLE,  Xorwalk.  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mustered  in 
October  2.  1863;  deserted  October  n,  1863. 

*J.\MES  O'BKIEX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  21.  1864.  mustered  in 
July  21,  1864;  deserted  \ugust  21.  1864. 

DAXIEL  II.  OTIS,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
died  December  13,  1863. 


400  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

*CARL  PAMPLE,  Norwalk,  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mustered  in 
October  2,  1863;  captured  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  died  July 
24,  1864,  Ahdersonville,  Ga. 

WILBUR  PECK,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*ROBERT  PHILLIPS.  Milford,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus- 
in  August  8,  1863;  died  March  15,  1865. 

JOHN  PLANTER,  Danbury,  private,  enlisted  December  17,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  17,  1864;  deserted  April  7,  1865. 

*CHARLES  F.  POLLARD,  Franklin,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25,  1863;  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  paroled 
October  8,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  E  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

CYRUS  S.  PRIEST,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  2.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  trans 
ferred  to  i5Qth  Co.  2f\  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  September  14,  1864;  discharged 
July  5.  1865. 

I.  BEAUCHAMP  PRIOR,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  An  gust  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  ^ompanv  May  31.  1865. 

*RANFORD  RIGCS,  Meriden.  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863.  musk-ied 
in  August  8,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  F  27th  C.  V.  •  ;  transferred  to  Co.  F 
2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

DAVIS  W.  ROBINSON.  Durham,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  82d  Co.  2  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  January 
29,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  V  i8th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  April  22,  1864; 
promoted  corporal  September  i.  1864;  discharged  June  27,  1865. 

*JoHN  ROHBACK,  Norwalk,  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863.  mustered 
in  October  2.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

WILLIAM  RUSSELL,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  February  18,  1863. 

JOSEPH  SCHLEIHTER,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

JAMES  SCULLY,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  15,  1863;  killed  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. 

Louis  SENGLAUB,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  A  2d  C.  V. )  ;  appointed  principal 
musician  May  T,  1863. 

JOSEPH  X.  SHAILOR,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February 
IT,  1863. 

*  FRANK  SHANNON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  30,  1864,  mustered 
in  June  30,  1864;  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

ANDREW  SHIRER.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  i86>,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  January  3,  1863. 

THOMAS  SLOCUM,  Danbury,  private,  enlisted  December  17,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  17,  1864;  deserted  May  26,  1865. 


Official  Roster.  401 

MARTIN  \V.  SMITH,  Middle-town,  private,  enlisted  Aug''M  5,  i8o_:. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
i/,  1863. 

WILLIAM  1).  SMITH,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  2C.  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  SMITH,  Danbury.  private,  enlisted  December  17,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  17,  1864;  descried  March  25,  1865. 

::AYAKKEX  SMITH,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  28,  1863.  discharged  May  29,  1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  SI-KXCKR,  Middletown.  private,  enliste''  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Febru 
ary  i,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  A  ist  C.  V.  H.  A.) 

*Gorn.iEF  SIMTZER.  Xewtown,  private,  enlisted  September  30,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  30,  1863;  see  Gottfried  Bruno. 

WILLIAM  E.  STARR,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  iccount  of  disability  De 
cember  1 1,  1862. 

*THAI>IM>EUS  STEIXHKIL,  Xorwalk.  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863; 
mustered  in  October  2.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford, 
Va..  wounded  May  10,  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va. :  transferred  to  Co.  L  2d 
C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

WILLIAM  TAYLOR,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  May  10,  1864.  Laurel  Hill,  Va. ; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

*JOHX  H.  TEALE,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  27.  1863;  wounded  May  TO.  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va. ;  transferred 
to  Co.  F  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*Fi>WAKi>  THOMPSOX.  Voluntown,  private,  enlisted  July  _?6,  1863, 
mustered  in  July  26,  1863,  deserted  August  14,  1863. 

*HIRAM  H.  TITKEK,  Killingly,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  15,  1863;  ci.ed  April  27,  1864. 

JOHN  F.  VAXDERVOORT,  Durham,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  13,  1863;  detailed 
musician  August  18,  1863;  returned  to  ranks  October  4,  1864;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  January  25,  1865. 

*WILLIAM  VOICKA,  Xorwalk,  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863.  mustered 
in  October  2,  1863;  wounded  May  10,  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va. ;  discharged 
June  23.  1865. 

THOMAS  WEAVER.  Danbury,  private,  enlisted  December  17,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  17.  1864;  dishonorably  discharged  by  General  Court 
Martial  June  19,  1865. 

*CARPEXTKR    WEEKS,     Fastford,    private.      enlisted      August      21,    1863, 


402  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

mustered  in  August  21,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford, 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  July  8,  1865. 

*JOHN  WELSH,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  22,  1863;  deserted  October  28,  1863. 

*FRANKLIN  B.  WEST,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  15,  1863  '•>  captured  October  14,  1863.  Bristoe 
Station,  Va. ;  died  January  19,  1864,  Richmond,  Va. 

ENOCH  WILCOX,  2cl.,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  F.  ist  C.  V.),  killed  De 
cember  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  A^a. 

BENJAMIN  C.  WILCOX,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antievam, 
Md. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  30,  1863. 

*JAMES  WILSON,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  trans 
ferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Bicnvillev  and 
"Oneida" ;  discharged  December  5,  1865. 

*THOMAS  WILSON,  Prospect,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  transferred  to  2(1  Regiment  Massachusetts  Cavalry 
February  20,  1864;  a  deserter  therefrom. 

GEORGE  WILLIAMS.  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  December  TO,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  TO,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2d  C.  V.  11.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

DWIGHT  WOLCOTT,  Middlctown,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

GEORGE  F.  WOOD,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  July  31.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  iQth  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  August. 
6,  1864;  discharged  July  31,  1865. 

COMPANY  C. 

SAM. TEL  W.  CARPENTER,  Waterbury,  captain,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  24,  1862;  (See  ist  lieutenant  Co.  I)  Tst  C.  V.)  ; 
wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.  ;  transferred  to  captain 
Co.  F  i6th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  September  15,  1863;  discharged  November 
29,  1867. 

JAMES  F.  SIMPSON,  Waterbury,  captain,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  2(1  lieutenant:  promoted  ist  lieu 
tenant  Co.  D  February  4,  1863;  promoted  from  ist  lieutenant  Co.  D 
October  20,  1863;  wounded  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  November  16,  1864. 

FREDERICK  J.  SEYMOUR,  Waterbury,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  4, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  captain  Co.  G  November 
12,  1862,  (not  mustered)  ;  discharged  December  24,  1862. 


Official  Roster.  403 

MILKS  S.  WRIGHT,  Bridgeport,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  12,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  A  No 
vember  20.  1862,  (not  mustered);  dismissed  March  I.  1863. 

IRA  A.  (JKAHAM,  Durham,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  H  January 
13,  1865;  wounded  February  5,  1865,  Matcher's  Run,  Va.  ;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

Lucius  L.  DYER,  Bridgeport.  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  9,  i8(>?, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  A  March  -, 
i8f)3;  ist  lieutenant  May  16.  1863,  (not  mustered);  dishonorably  dis 
charged  February  I  I,  1864. 

Jri.irs  \Y.  KNOWLTON,  Bridgeport.  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  June  24.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  promoted  from  commissary-sergeant  Janu 
ary  n,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  29.  1864. 

J.  FRANK  MORGAN,  Middletown.  jcl  liutenant.  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  B  April  _f, 
J864;  captain  Co.  H  June  26.  1864. 

JAMKS  M.  MOORK,  Fast  Windsor.  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  6.  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  F  July  16.  1864; 
killed  August  25.  1864,  Ream's  Station.  Va. 

(IKORCI-:  A.  STOCKING.  Waterbury.  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  12,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  I)  November  13, 
1863. 

WILLIAM  IT.  NELSON,  JR.,  Waterbury.  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  26. 
i8(>2.  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant 
November  3.  1863;  ist  sergeant  November  16.  1864;  wounded  February  ('», 
18(14.  Morton's  Ford,  Ya. ;  reduced  to  sergeant  September  20.  1864;  pro 
moted  1st  sergeant  Februay  15,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  Mav 
31.  1865. 

WILLIAM  L.  (].  PRITCHAKH.  Waterhury.  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  I, 
i8v'i2.  mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private:  promoted  corporal 
January  14,  1864;  sergeant  March  i.  1864;  1st  sergeant  September  20.  1864; 
2(1  lieutenant  Co.  B  February  15.  1865. 

HENRY  F.  BISSEL.  Waterbury.  sergeant,  enlisted  July  30.  1862.  innate-red 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  February  9,  1863;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  13.  1863:  dischaiged  July  6. 
1865. 

F'JEi'ERiCK  A.  CHASE,   New   Haven,   sergeant,  enlisted   July  c>,   1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.   1862;  mustered  private:  promoted   sergeant  NoYember 
3,    1803;   reduced  to   ranks  January  24,   1864;   wour.dcd    May  5.   1864.   \Yil 
demos,  Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  A'arch  9,  1865. 

JOHN  F.  Di.'RANi).  Waterbury.  sergeant,  enlisted  July  16.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  2,  1863. 


404  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

JAMES  J.  GILBERT,  Wuterlmry,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  appointed  sergeant-major  February  4,  1863. 

SYLVESTER  G.  LORD,  Vernon,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  November  3, 
1863;  sergeant  January  I,  1864;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford, 
Va.,  wounded  May  10,  1864,  Po  River,  Va. ;  mustered  out  witb  company 
May  31,  1865. 

ALEXANDER  McNEiL,  Waterbury,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  2,   1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,   1862;   mustered  corporal;   promoted   sergeant    Xovem 
ber  3,  1863;  missing  in  action  February  6,   1864,  Morton's   Ford,  Va. ;   sup 
posed   killed;    no    further    record    Adjutant-General's    Office.    Washington, 
D.  C. 

BIRDSEY  PICKETT,  Waterbury,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  24,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  D  1st  C.  V. )  ;  mustered  corporal; 
promoted  February  10,  1863;  died  May  10,  1863. 

WILLIAM  A.  RICE,  Waterbury,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private:  wounded  July  3.  1863.  Gettys 
burg.  Pa.;  promoted  sergeant  April  14,  1864;  killed  May  6,  1864,  Wilder 
ness,  Va. 

HENRY  L.  SNAGG,  Waterbury,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  186^,  Fredericksburg,  Va. :  ap 
pointed  sergeant-major  April  15,  1863. 

D  WIGHT  L.  SOMERS,  Waterbury,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  October  I, 
1862;  sergeant  February  9,  1863;  transferred  to  /6th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V 
R.  C.  October  14,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  13, 
1863- 

HENRY  W.  WADHAMS,  Waterbury,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.  ; 
promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  1)  March  3,  1863. 

*JOHN  BARTON,  North  Stonington,  corporal,  enlisted  August  3,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  3,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  I, 
1863;  reducd  to  ranks  (sick)  January  13,  1864;  deserted  February  12, 
1864. 

CHARLES  A.  BEEHE.  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  July  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  captured  May  3,  1863,  Chancellors- 
ville.  Va. ;  paroled  May  13,  1863;  promoted  January  14,  1864;  reduced  to 
ranks  May  8,  1864;  killed  June  3,  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va. 

*WILLIAM  BENNETT,  Southbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  8,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  3.  1863; 
wounded  February  6,  1864.  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  deserted  May  20.  1864. 

MATTHEW  BUDGE,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  30,  1863. 

*JOHN   BURNS,   Groton,   corporal,   enlisted   August  3,    1863,   mustered    in 


Official  Roster.  405 

August  3.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  3,  1863;  reduced 
to  ranks  January  13,  1864;  wounded  Ooctober  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank 
Road,  Ya. ;  died  November  15,  1864. 

THEODORE  I).  BYIXC.TOX.  \Yaterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  n,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  17, 
1862.  Antietam.  Md.  ;  promoted  February  10,  1863,  wounded  May  3,  1863, 
Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  wounded  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  transferred 
to  Co.  K  i8tb  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  December  I,  1863;  discharged  July  20, 
1865. 

WILLIAM  CAREY,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  July  10,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  1)  ist  C.  V. )  ;  mustered  private;  in 
jured  July  2,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  promotd  July  6.  1864;  reduced  to 
ranks  May  16,  1865:  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

Lrnrs  Cnrns,  \Yaterbury.  cor])oral,  enlisted  July  30.  1802,  nui^tered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Aid.;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  March  30,  1863. 

*Jon.\  Ki>\YAKi>s,  Pomfret.  corporal,  enlisted  September  12,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  12,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  I, 
1863;  reduced  to  ranks  January  13,  1864;  wounded  October  J",  i86_|, 
Koydton  Plank  Road,  Va.  ;  discharged  July  14,  1865. 

FREDERICK  A.  FLLIS,  \Yaterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  May  12,  1864, 
Spottsylvania.  Ya. ;  promoted  September  14,  1864;  discharged  June  21, 
1865. 

FDWAKD  A.  Jrni).  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  July  8.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  14,  1864;  reduced 
to  ranks  (sick)  April  15,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

HENRY  KEELER,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md. 

F.DXVARD  KILDTEF,  Waterbury.  corporal,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private,  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellors 
ville,  Va. ;  promoted  April  14.  1864;  wounded  June  3,  1864,  Cold  Harbor. 
Ya.  ;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  December  9,  1864;  promoted  corporal  Jan- 
uarv  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

PATRICK  MC.MAHOX.  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  i,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  14,  1864; 
died  May  15,  1865. 

DAVID  Mix,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  July  15.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  jo,  1862;  (Sec1  private  Co.  1)  ist  C.  V. )  ;  killed  September  17. 
1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

HEM  AX  A.  MORRIS.  Watertown,  corporal,  enlisted  June  23,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  .August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  August  14,  1862; 
reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  November  i.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  A  6th 
Regiment  V.  R.  C.  December  18.  1863;  promoted  corporal;  died  January 
25.  1864. 


406  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

JAMES  MOKRIAX,  Avon,  corporal,  enlisted  February  16,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  16,  1864;  mustered  private;  promoted  April  14.  1864;  wound 
ed  June  3,  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va. ;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick);  transferred 
to  Co  A.  2d  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

GEORGE  \Y.  Moxsox,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mus- 
stered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  I,  1862; 
reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  November  T,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  I  4tb 
Regiment  V.  R.  C.  September  26,  1864;  promoted  corporal;  discharged 
July  15,  1865. 

JOHN  O'1L\RA.  Andover,  corporal,  enlisted  February  17,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  17.  1864;  mustered  private;  promoted  April  14,  1864;  deserted 
May  20,  1864. 

SETH  \V.  PERCY,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  17,  1862, 
Antietam.  Md.;  promoted  October  5,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regi 
ment  V.  R.  C.  July  13,  1863;  drowr.ed  August  2,  1864,  Hartford,  Conn. 

*THOMAS  RYAN.  Meriden,  corporal,  enlisted  September  5,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  5,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  I.  1863; 
reduced  to  ranks;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

FrcENE  TKYON,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  February  25,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  25,  1864;  mustered  private;  promoted  April  15,  1865;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  P,  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

FREDERICK  F.  WELTOX,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  9,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  -O,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  10, 
1863;  died  March  22,  1863. 

ROI'.ERT  WOLFE,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  14,  1864;  wound 
ed  May  6,  i86_|.  Wilderness,  Va.,  wounded  August  25,  1864.  Ream's  Sta 
tion.  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

!ijonx  WRIGHT,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  i.  1863;  reduced 
to  ranks  (sick)  January  13,  1864;  deserted  January  — ,  1864. 

FRAXKIJX  ALDRICH,  Waterbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  4,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  ranks;  deserted  March  14,  1863. 

FLI  CHARTER,  Waterbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  (See  musician  Co.  P>  1st  C.  V.);  deserted  March  .], 
1863. 

NATHAN  STOWE.  Milforcl,  musician,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  LIXES,  Waterbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31.  1865. 


Official  Roster.  407 

ACGCSTCS  BAYER.  Waterbury,  wag-oner,  enlisted  June  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

FEKRIXC,  AI:HK.  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  Augu>t  8.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  (See  private  Co.  B  joth  C.  V. )  ;  deserted  March  3. 
1863. 

(JEMK<;E  A.  ADAMS,  1st.,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20.  iX6j ;  mustered  out  with  company  Alay  31,  18(35. 

(JEOKGE  A.  ADAMS.  2(1.,  \Yaterlmry,  private,  enlisted  August  18,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  deserted  May  28,  1863. 

TKKAT  1).  AXDKEWS,  \\'aterhury.  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  ace  >unt  of  disability  January  6,  1863. 

FREDERICK  AUSTIN,  \Vaterlmry.  pri\-ate,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  died  April  8,  1864, 
Richmond.  Va. 

JOXATMAX  R.  BAEDWIX,  \\'aterhury,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862:  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  i_j, 
•  863. 

*FD\VARD  BEACH.  Suftield.  private,  enlisted  August  18,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  1 8.  1863;  transferred  to  unassigned  detachment  V.  R.  C.  January 
20,  186.1;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  n,  i86_|. 

SYLYANUS  X.  BECKWITII,  Fairfield,  private,  enlisted  February  24.  1864, 
mustered  in  February  24,  1864;  wounded  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.  ; 
transferred  to  Co.  A  jd  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

Jonx  BEKGAX,  Canton,  private,  enlisted  November  r8.  1864.  mustered  in 
Xovember  18.  iSCq;  deserted  December  25,  1864. 

*  WILLIAM  BIRCH.  Merideu,  ])rivate,  enlisted  September  15.  1863.  muster- 
t  d  in  September  15.  1863:  deserted  July  13.  1864. 

FKAXKI.IX  BI.AKE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1802;  deserted  February  20  1863. 

:::Joiix  BI.AXX,  iXew  Ilaven,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863.  mus-- 
t.red  in  August  4,  i8.'>3;  wounded  October  27,  1864.  Boydton  Plank  Road, 
Va.  ;  died  November  to.  1864. 

\VII.UAM  I;..  B')\YEX,  A\-on,  ])rivate,  enlisted  Xovember  14,  1864,  mus- 
tt  red  in  Xovember  14.  1804;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

"Wiu.iAM  BRAHEXY,  Clrotoii,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1863.  mustered 
in  August  4,  1863;  killed  February  6.  1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va. 

:;:FREDKRICK  BREXXAX,  Litchiield,  pri\'ate.  enlisted  August  4,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  4.  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station.  Va.  ; 
paroled  April  16,  1864:  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

"(iEoRtiE  BKEEX,  Xorwalk.  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mustered  in 
October  2,  1863,  deserted  October  2T,  1863. 

HEXRY  W.  BROWX,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1862.  muster 
ed  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 


408  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

JEREMIAH  U.  BROWN,  Ellington,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  April  5,  1865. 

JOHN  BULL,  f  Petersburg,  Va.,  private,  enlisted  October  31,  1864,  mustered 
in  October  31,  1864;  appears  on  Mustered  Out  Roll  as  transferred  to  V.  R. 
C.  October  30,  1864;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

*JOHN  A.  BURNS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  31,  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

*ROBERT  BURTON,  Meriden.  private,  enlisted  September  2,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  2,  1863;  fell  out  on  march  between  Culpepper  and  Center- 
ville.  Va.,  October  11-16,  1863;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Of 
fice,  Washington,  D.  C. 

BAZIL  CANDEE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  died  September  u,  1864. 

EDWARD  CARROLL,  Torrington,  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  March  29,  1863. 

HENRY  CASTLE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  D  ist  C.  V.)  ;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

*SIDNEY  O.  CASE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  21,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  21,  1863;  transferal  to  Co.  A  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  AJay  30,  1865. 

LYMAN  B.  CHATFIELD,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  June  30,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ; 
paroled  April  16,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  D.  CHATFIELD,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ; 
paroled  April  16,  1864;  discharged  June  i,  1865. 

JOSEPH  A.  CHAMBERLIX,  Naugatuck,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  April  12,  1863. 

*WILLIAM  CHAPMAN,  Sharon,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  28,  1863;  died  January  15,  1864. 

CHARLES  C.  CHAPPEL,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  January  14,  1865,  mus 
tered  in  January  14.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865;  (correct  name  Charles  C.  Randall). 

JOHN  CLARK,  Andover,  private,  enlisted  February  17,  1864,  mustered  in 
February  17,  1864;  deserted  May  20,  1864. 

GEORGE  CLARK,  Canton,  private,  enlisted  November  17,  1864,  mustered  in 
November  17,  1864;  deserted  December  25,  1864. 

*JAMES  COLES,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863,  mustered  in 
September  17,  1863;  wounded  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  deserted 
June  30,  1864. 

WILLIAM  COLLINS,  Hartland,  private,  enlisted  November  21,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  November  21,  1864;  deserted  December  27,  1864. 


Official  Roster.  409 

EDWIN  A.  CRAW.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  3, 
1863. 

JOHN  CRANK,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  January  4,  1865,  mustered  in 
January  4.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

CORNELITS  DALEY,  Middle-town,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  wounded  May 
12.  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. :  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

*FDMONI>  DAXFORD,  fXew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8.  1863;  (See  private  Co  I  20th  C.  V.)  ;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  April  4,  1864. 

^NICHOLAS  DEAN.  Torrington,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  7,  1863;  missing  in  action  February  6,  1864,  Morton's 
Ford.  Ya.  ;  supposed  captured;  reported  died  at  Richmond,  Va. ;  no  fur 
ther  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  I).  C. 

MICHAEL  DELANEY,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  September  12.  1863. 

*JOHN  DERMBY,  jXew  Haven, 'private,  enlisted  August  28,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  28,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va., 
wounded  May  12.  1864.  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  deserted  July  25,  1864. 

JOHN  DONOVAN,  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  February  25,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  25,  1864;  deserted  March  29,  1864. 

JAMES  DONNELY,  Wethersfield,  private,  enlisted  November  19,  1864, 
mustered  in  November  19,  1864;  deserted  December  25,  1864. 

SAM  TEL  F.  DOOLITTLE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  deserted 'March  i,  1863. 

WILLIAM  DOYLE.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  u,  1863;  deserted  November  23,  1863. 

CHARLES  FDWARKS,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  7,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  /,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

*CHKISTIA.\  FICHE,  Washington,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  17,  1863:  deserted  November  30,  1863. 

WILLIAM  II.  FLLIS,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  killed  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road, 
Va. 

*CHAKLES  FALLON,  jNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  13,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  13.  1863;  deserted  October  — ,  1863. 

THOMAS  FARRELL,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  July  T2,  1862,  mustered 
ir  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va  , 
transferred  to  i8th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  August  12,  1864;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  July  12,  1865. 

JAMES  FRANCIS,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  February  17,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  February  17,  1864;  discharged  June  23,  1865. 


410  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

DAVID  L.  FRISBIE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*CHAKLES  FREY,  Fairheld,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1864,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

FDWARD  FULLER,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  November  24.  1862. 

JAMES  F.  GAUNT,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  19. 
1863- 

DUXCAX  D.  GIP.BUD,  Waterbury,  -private,  enlisted  June  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2Oth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  Octobcr 
3,  1863;  discharged  July  10,  1865. 

MANFRED  M.  (iir.MUD,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  September  17,  1862. 

*Tm>MAs  (iiLLiCAX,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1804,  mustered 
in  August  3.  1864;  deserted  August  20,  1864. 

WILLIAM  C.  (iooDRicn,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  18(12,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  18(12;  wounded  September  17,  18(12,  Antielam,  Md.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  November  ^9,  1802. 

:|:AxTox!o  GROSO,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  .1864;  mustered 
in  August  I,  1864;  deserted  September  13,  1864. 

CHARLES  T.  HAMILTOX,  Fast  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862. 
mustered  in  .August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md., 
died  October  29.  1862. 

CHARLES  HALEY,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1803;  mustered 
in  August  5,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  September  13,  1804. 

*Ji"Lius  HERMAN,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1863;  mustered 
i.i  August  5,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ;  pa 
roled  April  16,  1864;  discharged  May  23  1865. 

*HENRY  HERMAN,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1863.  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  August  18,  1863. 

THOMAS  M.  HILL,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  .August  5.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.,  dis 
charged  June  5.  1865. 

*HENRY  HINK,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*ALBERT  HOFFMAN.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863.  mis 
tered  in  August  7,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1803,  Bristoe  Station,  Va.  ; 
paroled  April  16,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  ii.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*TOHN  HOGAN,  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered  ir 
August  7,  1863;  deserted  August  20,  1863. 

JAMES  HOWARD,  Sutrleld,  private,  enlisted  November  21,  1804,  mustered 
in  November  21,  1864;  deserted  December  27.  18(14. 


Official  Roster.  4  1  1 

THOMAS  I  ITCHES,  Andover,  private,  enlisted  February  17,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  February  i/,  1864;  deserted  May  JO,  1864. 

CLARK  L.  II  run,  \Yaterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

PHILLIP  Ih'TTox,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  February  25,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  February  25,  1864;  deserted  March  29.  1864. 

JOHN  JONES.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Md.;  died  Octo 
ber  12,  1862. 

*RICHARD  JONES,  (iroton.  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1803;  deserted  September  21,  1863. 

DANIEL  11.  JOYCE,  \Yaterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.  ;  discharged 
July  5.  1805. 

:i:JosEi>n  JrucE,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  8.  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1863. 

*JoHN  KANE,  \\aterford,  private,  enlisted  .August  /.  1863,  mustered  in 
.August  7,  1803;  deserted  November  23,  1863. 

MICHAEL  KEECAN,  Tbompson.  private,  enlisted  August  5,  i8()2,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  September  I/,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

*JAMES  KEEEE,  \Yaterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  12.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  12.  1863;  deserted  Xovember  7,  1863. 

*JoHN  KELT,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5.  1863;  (See  corporal  kitle  Co.  I)  2(1  C.  V.)  ;  transferred  to  Co. 
A  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*  PETER  15.  KELLY,  Old  Lyme,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  12.  1863;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  died 
October  ii,  1864,  Andersonville,  (ia. 

*JoiiN  KELLY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1863;  deserted  August  18.  1863. 

*PATKK  K  KELLY,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1863.  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1863. 

*Tiio.\iAS  I).  KINKAIDE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  August  20,  1863. 

STEPHEN  1).  KITTLE,  (iranby.  private,  enlisted  February  23,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  February  23,  1864;  killed  May  24.  1864.  North  Anna  River.  Va. 

*\YILLIAM  LANE.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1864,  mustered 
ni  August  i,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

ALBERT  LATTS,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  4,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  H  I3th  C.  V. )  ;  dischargd  on  account  of 
disability  January  4,  1864. 

JOHN  LEE,  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  February  23.  1864,  nustored  in 
February  25,  1864;  deserted  March  29,  1864. 

*Ai.oxzo  C.  Lii'iMNcoTT.  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1864. 
mustered  in  August  i.  1864;  discharged  May  29.  1865. 


4 1  2  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

*CHARLES  LONG,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  13,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  13,  1863;  wounded  and  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's 
Station,  Va. ;  paroled  September  24,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  K  2(1  C.  V. 
H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

VALENTINE  Lrxcwrrz.  \Yaterbury.  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  mustered 
out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JAMES  S.  MALLORY,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  July  25,  18.12,  nuistered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  August  18,  1862;  enlisted  in  V  S.  N.  Au 
gust  25,  1862;  served  on  V.  S.  S.  "Jamestown";  reported  as  deserted  De 
cember  13,  1862. 

*JAMES  MARKS,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  12,  1863;  captured  December  i,  1863.  Orange  Court 
House,  Va. ;  paroled  November  17,  1864;  furloughed  December  4,  1864; 
failed  to  return;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

*CHARLES  MASON,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  October  i,  1863,  mustered 
in  October  i,  1863;  captured  October  [4,  1863.  I'ristoe  Station,  Va.  ;  pa 
roled  November  20  1864;  deserted  January  4  1865. 

OWEN  McCi'EN,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  June  24,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  deserted  May  20, 
1864. 

JAMES  MCLAREN,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  February  13.  1863. 

THOMAS  J.  McLArn,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862;  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  15  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

LEONARD  J.  MERCHANT,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ; 
discharged  December  23,  1863. 

CHARLES  B.  MERRILL,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  appointed  principal  musician  May  r,  1863;  trans 
ferred  from  principal  musician  to  private  April  25,  1864;  discharged  May 
17,  1865. 

^CHARLES  MILLER,  tXorwich.  private,  enlisted  September  4,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  4,  1863;  wounded  May  10,  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va. ; 
transferred  to  Co.  D  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865;  transfer  to  2(1  C.  V. 
H.  A.  canceled;  further  investigation  shows,  died  in  hands  of  enemy  May 

TI-I2,    1864. 

JOHN  MILLER,  Entield,  private,  enlisted  November  17,  1864,  mustered  in 
November  17.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

HENRY  MOHR,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  February  n,  1865,  mustered  in 
February  IT,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

GREGORY  MONROE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862,  mustered  in 


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August  20,  1862;  (Sec  private  Co.  A  8th  C.  V.  )  ;  discharged  on  account  of 
disability  March  9,  1863. 

JOHN  MOKTOX.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  Fehruary  25,  1864,  mustered  in 
February  25,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  A  Jcl  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JOHN  MCLVILLE,  \Yaterlmry.  private,  enlisted  July  3,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  January  i,  1863. 

*CHRISTIAX  MCLLER,  Washington,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863, 
mastered  in  September  7.  1863;  captured  October  14.  1803,  Lexington,  Va. ; 
paroled  November  20,  1864;  deserted  January  4,  1865. 

RKKXARD  MURPHY,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  March  I,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  March  T.  1864:  deserted  April  I,  1865. 

*Jonx  XICHOLAS,  Washington,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  7,  1863  ;  deserted  October  18,  1863. 

PATRICK  T.  O'XKIL,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

ROBERT  \Y.  OSHORX.  Xaugatuck,  pri\-atc,  enlisted  July  21.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  December  21,  1862. 

WILLIAM  PATRICK,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md.,  wounded 
July  3.  1863.  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

*\YILLIAM  PEXDLETOX,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  10,  1863:  captured  February  6.  1864,  Rapidan  River,  Va. ; 
died  July  6  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

FRANK  J.  PERCY,  Woodbury,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered  m 
.August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. ;  missing  in 
action  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.  ;  probably  killed;  no  further 
record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  I).  C. 

DETLEF  PLAT  HE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862:  captured  and  paroled  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg. 
Va.  ;  deserted  April  20,  1863. 

FREDERICK  F.  PRITCHARD,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July 
13.  1863:  discharged  July  6,  1865. 

CHARLES  C.  RANDALL,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  January  4,  1865,  mus 
tered  in  January  14,  1865;  See  Charles  C.  Chappel. 

*O.SCAR  RANDER,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  15,  1863;  wounded  May  6.  1864.  Wilderness,  Va. ;  de 
serted  June  30,  1864. 

SAM  L' EL  REDDY,  Greenwich,  private,  enlisted  February  29,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  29,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*GEOR<;E  RICH.  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  i86_|,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1 86-) :  captured  October  28,  1864.  Stony  Creek.  Va. ;  paroled 
February  17,  1865  ;  deserted  April  4.  1865. 


414  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

FREDERICK  S.  ROBERTSON,  Waterbnry,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

JAMES  F.  Ronmxs,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  i.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  F  8th  C.  V. )  ;  wounded  Sep 
tember  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Mel.;  deserted  December  14,  1864. 

Fi)\irxi)  S.  ROOT.  Waterbnry,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  January  i.  1864. 

*ANTOX  ROSEXIH-RC.EX,  Orange,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Janu 
ary  4.  1864. 

*FDWARD  Ross,  fBridgeport,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  /,  1863;  wounded  May  TO,  1864.  Laurel  Hill,  Va.  ;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  A  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

DWIC.HT  F.  RUSSELL,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  deserted  September  17.  1862. 

WILLIAM  C.  SCOTT,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  _', 
1863. 

PATRICK  S.  SIIAV,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  10,  1862,  must:iv  1 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  i.  1862. 

*HEXKY  SMIDTH.  Roxbury,  private,  enlisted  September  17,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  i/.  1863;  discharged  January  i,  i86_|. 

CHARLES  R.  SMITH.  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  August  /,  1863. 

JOHN  H.  SMITH,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  23.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Md. 

HEXRY  M.  SMITH.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  r,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  (/nh  Co.  2<1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  January 
18,  i8f>4;  discharged  August  T<),  1865. 

FI.MOX  F.  SMITH,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  i.  1802,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  F  8th  C.  V. )  ;  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  March  3,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  F  6h  C.  V.) 

DAVID  SMITH,  Greenwich,  private,  enlisted  February  29,  18(14,  mustered 
in  February  29,  1864;  captured  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va. ;  escaped  from 
Savannah,  Ga.,  December  21,  1864:  sent  to  Broome  Street  Barracks.  X.  Y. 
January  i,  1865;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington 
D.  C. 

JAMES  SOMERS,  Xaugatuck.  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station.  Va. ;  dis 
charged  May  31,  1865. 

*WATSOX  M.  SPRING,  Simsbury.  private,  enlisted  August  28,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  28,  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va.. 
wounded  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road,  Va. ;  discharged  May  29, 
1865. 


Official  Roster.  415 

*CHARLES  SPRIXG,  Newtown.  private,  enlisted  September  28,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  28,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

*HENKY  STEVEXS,  tBridgeport,  private,  enlisted  September  28,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  28,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station, 
Va. ;  paroled  November  20,  1864;  discharged  June  5.  1865. 

*Joiix  STONE,  iNevv  Max-en,  private,  enlisted  August  28.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  28,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*Jonx  STFFAXG,  Torrington,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  wounded  May  10.  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va., 
wounded  October  27.  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road.  Va. ;  transferred  to  Co. 
B  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

Jon. \ sax  TAYLOR,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  February  15,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  15,  1864;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  \Yilderness,  Va. ;  died  May  20, 
[864. 

*CHAKLES  H.  THOMAS,  tHartford,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  22,  1803;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station, 
Va.  ;  paroled  April  28,  1865  ;  discharged  August  28,  1865. 

*MICHAKL  THOMPSON,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  3,  1864;  deserted  August  20.  1864. 

JAMES  Tor.ix.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  June  24.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862,  Antietam.  Md.  :  died,  date 
and  place  not  shown. 

CHARLES  A.  UPSOX,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  June  30.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3.  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ; 
captured  May  5.  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  died  December  3,  1864,  Florence, 
S.  C. 

*HEXRY  \YAGXER,  Ledyard.  private,  enlisted  August  I.  1863,  mustered  in 
August  i.  1863;  captured  October  14.  1863.  Bristoe  Station.  Va.  ;  paroled 
March  21.  1864;  discharged  May  24.  1865. 

*  JAMES  \\'AGXER.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  29.  1863,  deserted  August  23,  1863. 

*JrLirs  WALTER.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  30,  1863.  mustered 
in  August  30.  1863;  deserted  September  21.  1863. 

MICHAEL  WALSH,  Avon,  private,  enlisted  February  16,  1864.  mustered  in 
February  16.  1864;  discharged  June  27.  1865. 

THOMAS  WALL,  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  February  25,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  25,  1864;  deserted  March  29,  1864. 

CHARLES  B.  WARNER.  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  deserted  February  14,  1863. 

*JOHX  WARD,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered  in  July 
30.  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

*J()HX  A.  WATERMAX,  Rocky  Hill,  private,  enlisted  August  18,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  18.  1863;  (See  private  Co.  F  8th  C.  V.)  :  discharged 
June  i,  1865. 


4  1  6  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

*JAMES  WATSON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

*THOMAS  WATSON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  as  Thomas  Wilson 
April  21.  1864;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "San  Jacinto",  "Hendrick  Hudson", 
"Stars  and  Stripes",  "Ino"  and  "Restless";  discharged  August  18,  1865. 

*FREDERICK  WEBER,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  captured  December  I,  1863,  Rapidan,  Va. ;  died 
February  21,  1864,  Richmond.  Va. 

*HENRY  WEIGET,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  9,  1863;  captured  October  13,  1863,  Rapidan  or  Bristo-  Sta 
tion,  Va. ;  died  August  13.  1864.  Andersonville.  Ga. 

*JAMES  WELCH,  1st,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

*JAMES  WELSH.  2d,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  20,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  20,  1863;  captured  December  I.  1863,  Rapdan.  Va. ;  died  February  20. 
1864,  Richmond.  Va. 

*JOHN  WELCH,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  September  7.  1863,  mustered 
in  September  7,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  5,  1864;  served  on  U.  S. 
S.  "Robert  R.  Cuyler"  ;  died  June  12,  1864. 

ABNER  C.  WHITE,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  ii.  1862,  mu-skred 
in  August  ii,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  D  22d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  Novem 
ber  ii,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  September  23.  1864. 

*HENRY  A.  WILSON,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12,  1863;  fell  out  on  march  from  Culpepper  to 
Centerville,  October  11-16,  1863;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's 
Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

JAMES  WILLIAMS,  Andover,  private,  enlisted  February  17,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  17,  1864;  deserted  April  25,  1864. 

*ROBERT  WOODS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  2.  1863;  mustered 
in  July  2,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  13,  1863. 

*HENRY  WOODS,  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  August  18.  1863  ;  mustered 
in  August  18,  1863 ;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  sent 
to  Millen,  Ga.,  November  ii,  1864;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's 
Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

JOHN  WORTLEY,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

COMPANY  D. 

THOMAS  F.  BURPEE,  Vernon,  captain,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  promoted  major  2ist  C.  V.  August  25,  1862. 

WALTER  M.  LUCAS,  Middletown,  captain,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus- 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  A  2d  C.  V. )  ;  promoted  from 


Official  Roster.  4  1  7 

ist  lieutenant  Co.  A  June  5,  18^3 ;  wounded  July  2,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa., 
wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.  ;  resigned  March  14,  1864. 

JOHN"  G.  PKLTOX,  Middletown,  captain,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  1st  lieutenant  Co.  E  March  27,  1864, 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

IRA  EMERY,  Yernon,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  resigned  January  23.  1863. 

JAMES  F.  SIMI-S'IN,  \Yaterbury.  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  jd  lieutenant  Co.  C  February 
4.  1863;  captain  Co.  C  October  20.  1863. 

WILLIAM  II.  HAWLKV,  Bridgeport,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  22,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  B  October 
20.  1863;  captain  Co.  K  December  5.  1863. 

NEWELL  P.  ROCK  WOOD.  Windsor,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  14  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  K  Decem- 
ner  5,  1863;  wounded  May  6.  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  December  8,  1864. 

CHELSEA  C.  VIXTOX,  Vernon,  2cl  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  December  26,  1862. 

HEXRY  W.  WADHAMS.  Waterbury.  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  C.  March  3. 
1863;  ist  lieutenant  Co.  K  November  13.  1863. 

GEORGE  A.  STOCKING,  Waterbury,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  12,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  C  Novem 
ber  13,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.,  wounded 
May  6,  1864,  Wilderness.  Va. ;  promoted  ist  lieutenant  Co.  1  November  18, 
1864. 

CHARLES  E.  PENHALLOW,  New  London,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  11. 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant-major  January 
13.  li^65  :  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

FRANK  F,.  STOUGHTON,  Yernon.  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  II  June  3.  1863. 

ELRERT  F.  HYDE.  Ellington,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  sergeant  February  9, 
1863;  ist  sergeant  October  22,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness, 
Ya..  wounded  June  i~.  1864,  Petersburg,  Va. ;  discharged  June  8,  1865. 

GEORGE  N.  BRIGHAM.  Vernon.  <ergeant.  enlisted  July  16.  18^2,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  promoted  2(1 
lieutenant  Co.  I  November  16,  1863. 

WILLIAM  H.  CORHIT,  Mansfield,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  II,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private,  wounded  September  17.  1862, 
Antietam,  Md. ;  promoted  corporal  February  9.  1863;  wounded  June  17. 
1864.  Petersburg,  Ya.  ;  promoted  sergeant  January  29,  1865  ;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31.  1865. 


4 1  8  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

CHARLES  E.  DART,  Vernon,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  died 
Januar}'  6,  1863. 

JOHN  HIRST,  Vernon,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  20,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  October  i,  1863;  ser 
geant  November  10,  1863;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

BENJAMIN  HIRST,  Vernon,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  16,  1862;  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  transferred  to 
52d  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  April  28,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of 
disability  July  9,  1865. 

CHARLES  E.  MORRISON,  Willington,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  n,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3,  1863, 
Gettysburg.  Pa.;  promoted  corporal  July  T,  1864;  wounded  August  25, 
1864,  Ream's  Station.  Va. ;  promoted  sergeant  April  I.  1865;  discharged 
May  30.  1865. 

JOSEPH  MURRAY.  Vernon,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  October  18.  1862; 
sergeant  February  9.  1863;  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ; 
escaped  from  Salisbury.  N.  C.  February  I.  1865;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 

KILP.OTRN  R.  NEWELL,  Ellington,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  promoted 
corporal  February  9.  1863;  sergeant  October  I,  1863;  wounded  February  6, 
1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va. ;  promoted  2cl  lieutenant  Co.  11  January  22,  1865. 

*HEXRY  OWEN,  Vernon.  sergeant,  enlisted  September  23.  1863,  mustered 
in  September  23,  1863;  (See  2d  lieutenant  Co.  F  5th  C.  V.)  ;  mustered 
private;  promoted  sergeant  October  i,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864, 
Morton's  Ford,  Va.  ;  died  February  25,  1864. 

OTIS  H.  WATTE,  Vernon,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  25,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  reduced  to  ranks  October  15,  1862;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  January  5,  1863. 

GEORGE  E.  WORCESTER,  Rockville,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  April  27,  1864; 
wounded  May  10,  1864,  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  Va. ;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  February  18,  1865. 

*MORRIS  ALTWIX,  Waterbury.  corporal,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  April  27,  1864; 
wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  deserted  April  18,  1865. 

JOHN  H.  BILLSON,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  22,  1863;  wounded 
June  22,  1864,  Petersburg,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

^CHARLES  CARTER,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  31,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  i,  1863;  wounded 
February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  deserted  November  12,  1864. 


Official  Roster.  419 

*MICHAEL  CARROLL,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  30,  1863;  mustered  private;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  "Wilderness,  Va. ; 
promoted  January  i,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  DAIXTY,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9.  1863;  reduc 
ed  to  ranks  (sick)  ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  II,  1864. 

CHARLES  C.  FI>WARI>S,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  B  ist  C.  V.);  wounded  Sep 
tember  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  reduced  to  ranks  October  I,  1862;  trans 
ferred  to  general  service  I".  S.  A.  November  12,  1862;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  November  28,  1862. 

CHARLES  FLETCHER,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863; 
reduced  to  ranks ;  transferred  to  Co.  H  October  20,  1864. 

JEROME  B.  FULLER.  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862:  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  8,  1862. 

WILLIAM  \Y.  GOODELL,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private ;  promoted  February  9,  1863;  killed 
July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg.  Pa. 

HENRY  HOSPODSKY,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  July  T,  1864;  wounded  Sep- 
tunbcr  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Aid.,  wounded  October  27,  1864.  Deer  Creek, 
Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

CHARLES  LYMAX,  Bolton,  corporal,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  K  March  3.  1863. 

JOHN*  A.  MORSE,  Wellington,  corporal,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  captured  and  paroled  December  13, 
1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.  ;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ; 
promoted  corporal  January  29,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31, 
1865- 

*Jonx  MYER,  Faston,  corporal,  enlisted  September  16,  1863,  mustered  in 
September  16,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  September  i,  1864;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  F  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

HEXRY  \Y.  ORCUTT,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  17.  1862,  Antie 
tam.  Md.  ;  promoted  November  3,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Mor 
ton's  Ford,  Va. ;  died  February  7,  1864. 

*JAMES  SHEPARO.  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  27,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  Novmber  3,  1863;  wound 
ed  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va..  wounded  June  17.  1864.  Peters 
burg,  Va. ;  died  June  25,  1864. 

ERWIX  STOUGHTOXT,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  13,  1863. 


420  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

JOHN  SYMONDSj  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  Julv  if).  i8(>2,  mustered  ni 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  February  /,  1863. 

CARLOS  C.  TRACY,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  i8(>2;  transferred  lo  general  service  U.  S.  A.  November  u, 
1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  28,  1862. 

DAVID  W.  WHITING,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863;  wound 
ed  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  killed  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station, 
Va. 

EDWARD  P.  ALLEN,  Vernon,  musician,  enlisted  July  28.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  (See  captain  Co.  F"  5th  C.  V. )  ;  mustered  private; 
detailed  musician;  returned  to  ranks;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
31,  1865. 

FXISHA  P.  BEEBE,  Islington,  musician,  enlisted  August  i,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  discharged  on 
account  of  disabilty  January  15,  1863. 

REUBEN  G.  SNACC,  \Vaterbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  mustered 
out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

F^RANKLIN  P.  SOMERS,  Wuterbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  13,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  May  6,  1865. 

HENRY  F'.  \YII.LIAMS,  Vernon.  musician,  enlisted  July  22.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  ranks:  transferred  to  Co.  F"  October 
20.  1864. 

PHILIP  A.  COKEY,  Vernon,  wagoner,  enlisted  August  9.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  detailed  brigade  wagon-master;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

MATTHEW  IV\RRELL,  Vernon,  wagoner,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  ranks;  discharged  on  account  of  dis 
ability  February  27,  1863. 

WELLS  G.  THRALL,  Vernon,  wagoner,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  wagoner;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31.  1865. 

JOHN  ABBY,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mustered  in  August 
20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Md.  ;  died  September 
24.  1862. 

*ROBEKT  ALLEX,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  deserted  November  i,  1863. 

*JOSEPH  AXDREWS,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  21,  1863. 

SAMUEL  BARROWS,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  July  21,  1863. 


Official  Roster.  421 

*CnAku<:s  BAKOX,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  9.  1863;  wounded  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania  Court  House, 
Va.  ;  discbargx'd  on  account  of  disability  June  16,  1865;  (correct  name 
Ferdinand  Schmidt. ) 

:;:Fi>WAki>  BKXDKK,  Simsbury,  pri\-ate,  enlisted  September  11,  1863,  mus- 
t<  red  in  September  11,  1863;  wounded  and  captured  February  (>,  1864,  Mor 
ton's  Ford,  Va.  ;  paroled  December — ,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(1  C. 
V.  II.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

PKTKK  HKXJAMIX,  U'aterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22li  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1803;  wounded  and  captured  February  6,  1864,  Mor- 
V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

:;:PiKkkK  BKSSAXSON,  S< >uthingt< )ii,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12,  1863;  captured  December  I,  1863,  Mine  Run, 
Va.  ;  died  Mav  31,  1864,  Andersonville,  (ia. 

Ar-\Kk  S.  BowKkS,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  i/,  1862,  Amietam,  Md. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  February  3,  18(13. 

*Jonx  BI<AI>LKY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  31.  1863;  deserted  August  15,  1863. 

*Cn. -\ku<:s  BROWX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  29,  [863 ;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

:;:CnAki.F.s  II.  Bkowx,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  Julv  1 8,  i8f)3;  wounded  Mav  10,  1864,  Spottsylvania  Court  House, 
Va.  ;  deserted  July  31,  1864. 

*Fi)\vi.\  BKOCKKTT,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  18,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  18,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's 
Ford,  Va.  ;  died  February  24,  1864. 

:i:llKXkv  BrkXCASTu-:,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  September  17,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  17,  1863;  wounded  and  captured  February  6, 
1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  died  August  30,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

JOHX  Brkxs,  Manchester,  private,  enlisted  December  7,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  /,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1805. 

THOMAS  BUTTERWORTH,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November 

5.  i^tf. 

FkF.iiF.kiCK  CAHOOX,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  B  I  st  C.  V. )  ;  transferred  as  Fred- 
ci  ids  Cohoon  to  general  service  I".  S.  A.  November  12,  .1862;  deserted 
December  7,  1862. 

*Rirn..\kii  CASH  MAX,  (iroton,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  15,  1863. 

lkvi\(;  W.  CiiAkTKk,  Filing-ton,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  18(12,  Frederieksburg,  Va. ; 
transferred  to  Co.  V  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  13,  1863;  discharged 
July  6,  1865. 


422  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

^FREDERICK  CHEEVER,  Torrington,  private,  enlisted  September  17,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  17,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
August  10,  1864. 

*AluxR<>E  CHURCH,  Hast  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  5.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March 
15,  1864. 

GEORGE  W.  COLBURX,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  November  I,  1862. 

*  WILLIAM  COLLIXGTOX,  Xe\v  London,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1863, 
mustered  in  July  24.  1803;  deserted  October  24,  1863. 

GEORGE  \Y.  CoKi'.ir,  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  died 
October  17.  1862. 

DAVJD  P>.  CROMHIE,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  September  19,  1862. 

*ROHEKT  P.  CUMMIXGS,  Xe\v  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863, 
mustered  in  July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  18,  1863. 

OLIVER  DAKT,  JR.,  South  \\'indsor,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  8,  1863. 

JACOB  DAVIS,  tXew  .Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  14,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  14,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  De 
cember  8,  1863. 

PIERSOX  DAVIS.  Fast  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  26,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  26,  1863;  captured  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. ; 
paroled  March  i,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*CHARLES  DEMOTT,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  1,  1863;  deserted  September  30,  1863. 

MICHAEL  DORSEV,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  7,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  7,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  September 
6,  1865. 

*JAMES  DREW,  North  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  31,  1863;  wounded  May  24,  1864,  Hanover  Junction,  Va. ; 
deserted  July  20.  1864. 

DENNIS  DKISCOLL,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  7,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  7.  1864;  wounded  March  25,  1865,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va. ; 
died  April  25.  1865. 

*THOMAS  DUFFY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  i,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863;  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ;  paroled 
February  22.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

JAMES  DUFFY,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  7,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  7,  1864;  deserted  April  28,  1865. 


Official  Roster.  423 

JAMES  FARREEL,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  2,  1863. 

MICHAEL  FAY,  Fllington,  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

'''THOMAS  FKXTOX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  29,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  FF  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*CHAREES  IMSHEK,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29,  1863;  deserted  June  16,  1864. 

ROBERT  GIEMORE,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862;  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  24,  1863. 

*Jonx  GLASGOW.  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  27.  1863;  (See  private  Co.  I  i8th  C.  V. )  ;  deserted  August 
14-  1863. 

*  FREDERICK  GOOBELL,  \Yetherslield.  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  7.  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

*Jon.\  GOKMAY,  Southington.  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  15  2cl  C.  V.  IF  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

JEREMIAH  GKKADY.  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.  ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  December  28.  1863. 

FORIX  S.  GRISWOLD,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  14.  1862,  mustered  in 
Aug,!st  20.  1802;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.  ;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  January  13.  1863. 

RUSSELL  GRISWOLD,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

AUGUST  GROSS.  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md.,  wounded 
December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.  ;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 

:I:FERIU.\AXD  GKOSL'OFF,  Torrington,  private,  enlisted  September  17,  18(13, 
mustered  in  September  17.  1863;  deserted  April  30.  1864. 

:|:Jon\  J.  HEIIEK,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863.  mustered 
in  September  8.  1863;  captured  December  i,  1863,  Rapidan  River,  Va. ; 
died  March  17.  i8d_|.  Richmond.  Ya. 

JAMES  1 1  ENDERSOX,  Fllington,  private,  enlisted  August  9.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md.  ;  died 
September  30.  1862. 

AUGUST  HEMMAXX,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  7th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  Novem 
ber  28.  1803;  discharged  June  19.  1865. 

OKKIX  ( ).  MILLS,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  21  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  Mav  31",  1865. 

JOSEPH     HIRST,    Vernon,    private,    enlisted    July     16,     1862,    mustered    In 


424  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  trans 
ferred  to  53d  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  August  24,  1863;  disebarged  July 
10,  1865. 

*LOIMVICK  HOLCOMB,  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  August  20,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ; 
died  July  18,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

CHARLES  11.  HOUSE,  Hast  Windsor,  private,  enlisted  January  28,  1864, 
mustered  in  January  28,  1864;  (See  private  Co.  G  25tb  C.  V.);  wounded 
May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  transferred  to  Co.  B  jd  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

*CHARLES  A.  HOXIE.  Cromwell,  pri\-ate,  enlisted  October  T.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  October,  T  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

*JoHX  HUGAL,  Meriden.  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  8,  1863;  disebarged  on  account  of  disability  April  15,  1864. 

*FJ>WARI>  HUGHES,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  captured  December  I,  1863.  Rapidan,  Va. ;  died  Jan 
uary  22,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

PATRICK  JACKSON,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  17.  1862  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Cbancellorsville,  Va. ;  died  June 
4,  1863. 

*THOMAS  JACKSON,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12,  1863;  captured  December  I,  1863,  Mine  Run, 
Va. ;  died  July  13,  1864,  Andersonville,  (ia. 

FLISHA  JOHNSON,  Wellington,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  July  13,  1863. 

JOHN  V.  JULIAN,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg.  Va_. 
wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  died  July  8,  1863. 

HENRY  W.  JUSTIN,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*CHARLKS  LAMPHERE,  East  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  September  5, 
1863,  mustered  in  September  5,  1863;  missing  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness, 
Va. ;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

*WILLIAM  LAKKUM,  Sprague,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22  1863;  wounded  May  TO,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.,  wounded 
September  5,  1864,  Petersburg,  Va, ;  transferred  to  Co.  V  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A. 
May  30.  1865. 

HENRY  A.  LEE,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mustered  m 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*JOHN  LEE,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  8,  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1863. 

GEORGE  A.  LILLIE,  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  August  II,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 
3-  1862. 


Official  Roster.  425 

THOMAS  Lo(;.\x,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7-  1863,  mustered 
in  August  20,  J863;  deserted  August  20,  1863. 

*Axi>RKW  LOYKJOY.  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  /,  1863;  discharged  February  24,  1864. 

*MARTIX  Lvoxs,  tllartfoid,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  wounded  February  o,  1864.  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  mis 
sing  in  action  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Ya. ;  probably  killed;  no  fur 
ther  record  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington,  1).  C. 

*THOMAS  MAHOXE.  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  wounded  November  29.  18(^3,  Mine  Run,  Va.  ; 
discharged  March  12.  1864. 

FUAXK  1).  MAIXK,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  2,  1862. 

FmvAki)  \Y.  MAXX,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

*J-)iix  MAXXIX,  Bridgeport,  ])rivate,  enlisted  July  27.  1864,  mustered 
in  July  27,  1864;  missing  in  action  August  25.  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va.  ; 
probably  killed;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Omce,  Washington, 
I).  C. 

*Lons  MAunrETTE,  New  ilaven,  ])rivate,  enlisted  September  8,  1863. 
mustered  in  September  8,  1863;  captured  December  i.  1863.  Rapidan,  Va.  ; 
paroled  October  8,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  1)  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

*HEXKY  MASOX,  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9,  1863;  transferred  to  C.  S.  N.  April  19,  1864;  served 
on  I'.  S.  S.  "Commodore  Perry";  discharged  January  20.  1865. 

JAMKS  A.  MAYXAKH,  Fllington,  ])rivate,  enlisted  August  4.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  i8f>_>;  transferred  to  iccth  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  De 
cember  2,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  K  i8th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  April  22, 
1804  ;  discharged  June  24.  1865. 

*Mini.\EL  MCCARTY,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1863.  mustered 
in  .August  5.  18(13;  discharged  December  6,  1863. 

"'PATRICK  McCoy.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7.  1803;  deserted  March  25.  1864. 

*Jonx  McCoi'RT,  Torrington,  private,  enlisted  September  11.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  II,  1863;  deserted  February  28.  1865. 

*JAMES  M(  DOXAI.D,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
m  August  8.  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1863. 

AI  \RTJX  McCirAXE,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  Q,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  i(S6"j,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
transferred  to  5th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  June  24,  1863;  deserted 
February  4.  1864. 

*Hrr,H  McCiiXTY.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  23,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  H  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 


426  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

HViLLiAM  McGRATir,  Plymouth,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  5.  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1863. 

JAMES  McGRATH,  Manchester,  private,  enlisted  December  7,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  7,  1864:  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(\  C.  V.  II.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

DAVID  MclNTOSHj  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  JO,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  26,  1863. 

JOHN  McPHERSONj  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
transferred  to  Co.  B  24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  December  4,  1863;  dis 
charged  June  27.  1865. 

*JAMES  MrQriXLAX,  Lebanon,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  5,  1864:  transferred  to  Co.  B  2cl  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

JAMES  McAVn.i.iAMS.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  March  12,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  March  12.  1864;  missing  in  action  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ; 
probably  killed;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washing 
ton,  1).  C. 

"'XHARLES  L.  MEAD,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1863. 

MARTIX  V.  B.  METCALE,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December.  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va.  ;  died  January  3.  1863. 

*AI.ERED  MILLER  Oxford,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ;  died 
July  19,  1864.  Andersonville,  Ga. 

*HERMAX  MILLER,  tXew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  IT,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  11,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  De 
cember  16,  1863. 

*Jonx  MITCHELL,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  5,  1803;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864;  served  on  T.  S. 
S.  "Otsego",  "Valley  City"  and  "Fort  Morgan";  discharged  August  22, 
1865. 

THOMAS  MOORE,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  March  9,  1863;  (See  corporal  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  H. 
A.) 

F/KA  A.  MORSE,  Wellington,  private,  enlisted  August  9.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  Xovember  12.  1864. 

GEORGE  W.  MORTOX,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  25.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  captured  May  5,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.  ;  paroled  May 
15,  1863;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*WILLIAM  MOTT,  Westport,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  22,  1862;  killed  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. 

*LEMUEL    K.    MUXYAX,    Thompson,    private,    enlisted    August    28,    1863, 


Official  Roster.  427 

mustered  in  August  28,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoc  Station, 
Va. ;  died  January  28,  1864,  Richmond.  Va. 

*JOHN  MURRAY,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  7.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  November  I,  1863. 

*JAMES  \Y.  NEEDHAM.  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  6,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  P>  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*HEM<Y  NETTS,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863.  mustered  in 
September  9.  1863;  transferred  to  Connecticut  January  20,  1864,  on  ac 
count  of  fraudulent  enlistment;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Of 
fice,  Washington,  I).  C. 

AXSEL  1).  NEWELL,  Ellington,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  jo,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  October  24.  1862. 

*CHAKLES  J.  NEWTOX,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  23.  1863;  transferred  to  L".  S.  N.  April  27,  1864;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Agawam",  "Mackinaw"  and  "Gamma";  discharged  May  20,  1865. 

*  BRADLEY  NICHOLS,  Fairfield.  private,  enlisted  September  25,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  25,  1863;  wounded  May  5,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  died 
June  21,  1864. 

*JonN  O'BRIEN.  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  27,  1863;  wounded  August  25.  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  died  Sep 
tember  19,  1864. 

*J<)H.v  F.  O'BRIKX,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  27.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  15  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

CHARLES  O'BkiKN.  Canterbury,  private,  enlisted  December  i,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  I.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

JOHN  A.  OC.DEN,  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  July  19.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  August  13. 
1803;  promoted  corporal  September  10,  1864;  discharged  July  6,  1865. 

*JEAX  PAUL.  New  Canaan,  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1864.  mustered  in 
July  27.  1864;  deserted  August  14.  1864. 

(JEORCE  A.  PIERCE.  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  I'.  S.  X.  May  5.  1864;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Otsego",  "Valley  City"  and  "Shamrock";  discharged  July  26,  1865. 

LYMAX  I).  PIXXEY.  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharge^  on  account  of  disability  December  17,  1862. 

FRANK  POWERS,  ( jlastonbury,  private,  enlisted  December  9,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  9,  1864;  deserted  April  3.  1865. 

*Jonx  Quixx,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  7,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  7.  1864;  deserted  August  14.  1864. 

WILLLAM  P.  RAM  SHELL.  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 


428  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

NORTON  A.  REED,  Ellington,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  December  14,  1863. 

RICHARD  P.  REED,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  May  30,  1865. 

*Auc;i"STi\s  RECTOR,  Trumbull,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  deserted  December  3,  1863. 

SOLOMON'  L.  RICHARDSON",  Ellington,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  2,  1863. 

*JEREMIAH  RILEY,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  24,  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1863. 

*J.\MES  RILLKV.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  23,  1864;  deserted  August  14,  1864. 

*CHARLES  \Y.  RISLEV,  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  September  24,  1863. 
mustered  in  September  24.  1863;  (See  private  Co.  A  25th  C.  V. )  ;  cap 
tured  December  2,  1863,  I  lartwood  Church.  Va. ;  died  September  28.  1864, 
Andersonville,  Ga. 

*JoHN  ROLLINS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  29,  1864.  mustered 
in  June  29,  1864;  captured  August  25.  1864.  Ream's  Station,  Va.  ;  paroled 
October  8,  1864;  deserted  November  29,  1864. 

*I).\xiEL  Ross,  Stamford,  private,  enlisted  July  27.  1864,  mustered  in 
July  27,  1864;  deserted  August  14,  1804. 

WILLIAM  B.  ROOT,  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  I)  6th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  Octo-bcr 
21,  1863;  discharged  July  5.  1865. 

*EERDINAND  SCHMIDT,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9,  1863;  See  Charles  Baron. 

WILLIAM  SCOTT,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  TO,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  died  July  /,  18(14. 
Andersonville,  Ga. 

*JOHN  SHAW.  tNew  Haven,  pri\ate,  enlisted  July  24,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  24,  1863;  deserted  May  5,  1864. 

GEORGE  E.  SLOANE.  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  December  13,  1862. 

*ANDREW  SMITH,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  29,  1863.  mustered 
in  August  29,  1863;  transferred  to  General  Hospital,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
October  22.  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's 
Office.  Washington,  1).  C. 

CHARLES  SMITH,  Canterbury,  private,  enlisted  December  T,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  I,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  12, 
1865. 

JOHX  W.  SMITH,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  June  4,  1863. 


Official  Roster.  429 

JAMKS  B.  SIM-INTER,  Venn  MI,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  i8(>2;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  29,  1863. 

THOMAS  STAFFORD,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  ig,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  and  missing-  in  action  May  3,  1863,  Chan- 
ceMorsville,  Va.  ;  probably  died  on  field;  no  further  record  Adjutant-Gene 
ral'  (  M'tice,  Washington,  I.).  C. 

JOSEI-II  STAFFORD,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  i/,  1862,  Antictam,  Md. ;  discharged 
•  MI  account  of  disability  December  26,  i8(>2. 

LYMAX  K.  STEARXS,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  March  16,  1805. 

ALFRED  A.  TAFT.  Islington,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1802;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  November  24,  1863. 

HENRY  TALCOTT,  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  October  17.  1862. 

SAM  TEL  L.  TALCOTT,  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. ; 
died  October  14,  18(12. 

*Lrnrs  TALCOTT.  Manchester,  private,  enlisted  September  13,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  13,  1863;  died  March  9,  1864. 

MICHAEL  TIERXEY,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  .August  20.  1862;  died  October  24,  1862. 

HENRY  TILEY,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1802,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Aid. 

ALBERT  II.  Towx,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  missing  in  action  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va.  ;  probably  killed;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office, 
Washington,  1).  C. 

*CoRXEi.irs  VANDERVLEET,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  September  14.  1803, 
mustered  in  September  14.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
I  )ecember  2,  1863. 

CHRISTOPHER  WALDO.  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  died 
April  30,  1863. 

*JACOM  WALTER,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  8.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

CHARLES  WHITE,  Knlield,  private,  enlisted  December  2,  1864,  mu.Ucred 
in  December  2,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

THOMAS  WILKIE,  Tolland,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.  ;  died 
October  2^,  1862. 


430  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

JOHN  \YII.UA.MS,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  .August  2,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  jo,  1862;  captured  May  3.  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.  ;  paroled 
May  15,  1863;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*CHARLES  WILLIAMS,  Plymouth,  private,  enlisted  September  16,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  16,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's 
Ford,  Va. ;  transferred  to  V.  S.  X.  May  17,  1864;  served  on  U.  o.  S. 
"Santiago  de  Cuba"  and  "Sebago"  ;  discharged  August  29,  1865. 

AUGUSTUS  \Y.  WIXAXS,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  JO,  18(12;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
15-  1863- 

*COXRAI>  \\'ITT.  \\'etherslield,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  18(13;  wounded  November  27,  1863.  Mine  Run,  Va. ; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  J,  18(15. 

ADAM  WOLDERT,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  July  J3,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  JO,  1862;  committed  suicide  February  3,  18(13. 

*Jonx  WRICIIT,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  8,  i8(>3;  deserted  April  i,  1805. 


COMPANY    I-:. 

WILLIAM  II.  TUI:I:S.  Norwich,  captain,  enlisted  June  15,  i86j,  mustered 
in  August  jo,  i8(>j;  wounded  December  13,  i8(>j.  Fredericksbtirg,  Va.  ; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  JO,  18(13;  appointed  captain 
and  commissary  of  subsistence  U.  S.  Vols.  January  j8  1865;  discharged 
May  ii,  1866. 

HKXKY  LF.K,  New  London,  captain,  enlisted  May  J4,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  J3.  i8(u;  (See  corporal  Co.  C  Jd  C.  V.);  promoted  from  ist  lieu 
tenant  Co.  II  July  i.  18(13;  captured  August  25,  i8(>4.  Ream's  Station,  Va.  ; 
paroled  December — ,  1864;  discharged  January  31,  1865. 

MOKTOX  V.  HALE.  Norwich,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  June  15,  i86j,  mus 
tered  in  August  JO,  i8fu;  (See  quartermaster  ist  C.  V. )  ;  promoted  cap 
tain  and  commissary  of  subsistence  U.  S.  Vols.  November  26,  1862;  dis 
charged  May  31,  1866. 

JOHX  G.  PKLTOX,  Middletown,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  4.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant-major  to  2(1  lieu 
tenant  March  7,  1863;  ist  lieutenant  June  3,  1863;  captain  Co.  D  March 
27.  1864. 

FRAXKLIX  HARTLETT,  Bridgeport,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  June  21,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  A  to  2(1 
1  eutenant  March  28,  1864;  ist  lieutenant  September  14.  1864;  killed  Feb 
ruary  5,  1865,  Matcher's  Run.  Va. 

CHARLES  C).  P>ALI>\VIX,  Middletown,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  June  15. 
1862,  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  sergeant  Co.  A  2d  C.  V. j  ;  re 
signed  December  19,  1862. 


Official   Roster.  431 

FKKHFRICK  F.  SHALK,  Norwich,  2<1  lieutenant,  enlisted  June  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant  August 
14,  1862;  1st  sergeant  February  9,  1863;  2d  lieutenant  June  3,  1863;  wound 
ed  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  promoted  ist  lieutenant  Co.  F  November 
13,  1863. 

FKWARII  \\".  II ART,  Madison,  jd  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  1st  sergeant  Co.  G.  November 

13,  18(13;   died  January  3,    1864. 

*THOMAS  HALL,  Washington,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  September  9, 
1863,  mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co. 
1  February  15,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JA.MKS  R.  NICHOLS,  Norwich,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  May  29,  1862,  mus- 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  I  August  20,  1862. 

FILM  r  xi>  SMITH,  Middletowii.  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  June  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  August 

14,  18(12;  wounded  September   I/.   18(12,  Ar.tietam,  Aid.;  promoted  sergeant 
November  3.    1863;    1st   sergeant   July    15.    1864;    reduced   to    ranks    Decem 
ber  30,   18(14;  promoted  sergeant  January   i.   1805;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31 .   1865. 

GFORCF  K.  BASSKTT.  Killingly.  1st  sergeant,  enlisted  June  10,  1862,  mus 
tered  iu  Augu>t  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  sergeant  Novem 
ber  12,  18(12;  wounded  May  13,  1864.  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  promoted  ist 
sergeant  December  30.  1864;  wounded  February  5,  1865,  Matcher's  Run, 
Ya. ;  discharged  July  14,  1865. 

FM  F.R.SOX  N.  BAILEY,  Middletowii.  sergeant,  enlisted  June  3.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  December  13.  1862. 
Fredencksburg.  Ya. ;  promoted  corporal  February  9,  1863;  reduced  to 
ranks  November  I,  1863;  promoted  corporal  January  5,  1864;  sergeant 
July  15,  18(14;  discharged  June  3,  1865. 

LYMAN  L.  BASSETT.  Killingly.  sergeant,  enlisted  June  7.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  November  12,  1862;  re 
duced  to  ranks  (sick);  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

HLXRY  R.  FUISHIK.  Middletowii,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  3.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fred- 
ericksburg,  Ya..  wounded  July  3,  1863.  Gettysburg,  Pa.  ;  promoted  corpo 
ral  December  30,  1863;  sergeant  April  20,  1864:  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 

GF.OR<;K  II.  LILLIBKIDCK,  Franklin,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  14.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va. ; 
promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  G  December  /,  1863. 

GEORGE  B.  MATTHEWS.  Thompson,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  10.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  Feb 
ruary  10.  1863;  sergeant  December  15,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 


432  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

HEXRY  C.  MILLER,  Xorwicli,  sergeant,  enlisted  May  30,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  (See  private  Ritle  Co.  A  2(1  C.  V. )  ;  wounded  Septem 
ber  I/,  1862,  Antietam.  Md.  ;  discharged  on  account  of  (lisal)ility  Novem- 
ber  17.  1862. 

JAMES  M.  MOORE,  Fast  Windsor,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6,  i8(>2, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  November 
i,  1863;  wounded  June  3,  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va. ;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant 
Co.  C  July  16,  1864. 

SAMUEL  \\'KI;STER.  Sprague.  sergeant,  enlisted  June  n,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  18(13,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  trans 
ferred  to  icctb  Co.  2d  Battalirn  V.  R.  C.  December  2,  1863,  as  sergeant; 
promoted  ist  sergeant  January  i,  1864,  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
September  24,  i<S(>4. 

SAXFORD  BTCMEE.  Plainheld.  corporal,  enlisted  June  13.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  10,  1803;  wound 
ed  May  6.  18(14,  Wilderness,  Ya. ;  wounded  and  captured  October  27,  18(14, 
Boydton  Plank  Road,  Va.  ;  paroled  February  i~,  1865;  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  August  22,  1805. 

GEORC.E  C.  BOOMER,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  June  i(>,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  i8()2;  mustered  private:  promoted  November  I.  1863; 
wounded  February  (>,  18(14,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31.  1865. 

*JoHX  CARROLL,  Waterbury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  22.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22.  1803;  mustered  private:  promoted  November  3,  18(13; 
wounded  May  7,  18(14,  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  reduced  to  ranks;  deserted  July 
31.  1864. 

JOHX  FIT/PATRICK,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  T,  1863:  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

FRAXCIS  (JALLACHER.  Norwich,  corporal,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  18(12;  mustered  private;  promoted  April  20,  1864;  wounded 
June  17.  18(14,  Petersburg,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31, 
1865. 

JOHX  GRII-TIX,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  June  4.  18(12,  mustered 
in  August  20,  18(12;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  24,  1865;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHX  J.  HrRLiu'RT,  New  Haven,  corporal,  enlisted  June  25,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  May  21,  1863. 

*JosEi>H  KAXAX,  Fast  Haddam,  corporal,  enlisted  October  T,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  October  i,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  3.  18(13; 
wounded  May  7,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.  :  deserted  August  2,  1864. 

CHARLES  F.  LEWIS,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  June  23.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  reduced  to  ranks;  wounded  May  13,  1864, 
Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  promoted  October  23,  1864;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 


Official  Roster.  433 

TIMOTHY  Lo\v.\,  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellors- 
ville.  Va.,  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  promoted  March  20, 
1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*GEOR<;E  F.  ROIJEKTS,  llartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  16,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  16,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  3,  1863; 
reduced  to  ranks  December  17,  1863;  discharged  May  29,  1865. 

HEXRY  X.  Romxsox,  Franklin,  corporal,  enlisted  May  29,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  26,  1863. 

GEUR<;E  SETFERT.  Middletown,  corporal,  enlisted  June  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  reduced  to  ranks;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
31.  1865. 

'•"GEORGE  SMITH,  North  Canaan,  corporal,  enlisted  August  2,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  2,  1863;  mustered  private:  promoted  November  i,  1863; 
reduced  to  ranks;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

WALTER  V.  STAXDISH.  Sprague.  corporal,  enlisted  July  12.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863; 
killed  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

HF.XRY  Vox  CRIES.  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  June  3,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  June  30,  1862;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  April  20,  1863. 

WALTER  B.  DORMAX.  \Yaterbury.  musician,  enlisted  August  8,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician  October 
20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

FIH;AR  B.  JOXES,  New  Britain,  musician,  enlisted  July  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

IKVIXC  LAMPHERE,  Meriden,  musician,  enlisted  July  /,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*JrLirs  F.  SEARLE.  Barkhamstead,  musician,  enlisted  August  26,  1863, 
tered  in  September  22,  1863  ;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
mustered  in  August  26.  1863;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  died 
February  23.  1864. 

JOSIAH  F.  WILLISTOX.  Fast  Windsor,  musician,  enlisted  August  6,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

CHARLES  A.  TUBES,  Norwich,  wagoner,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*'WESLEY  BAXKS,  Norwalk.  private,  enlisted  October  r.  1863,  mustered 
in  October  T,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  died 
February  9,  1864. 

ISAAC  C.  BARROWS,  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  August  7.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va.,  wound 
ed  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. :  transferred  to  41  st  Co.  2d  Battalion 
V.  R,  C.  September  14,  1864;  discharged  August  6,  1865. 


434  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.   V.   Infantry. 

SAMUEL  BARNS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  4, 
1863. 

FRANK  BEP.O,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  June  16,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JAMES  P.  BENTLEY,  North  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  June  3,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  November  13,  1862. 

*DANIEL  BIRCH,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  9.  1863:  transferred  to  V.  S.  N.  May  4,  1864;  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "Cyane";  discharged  May  22,  1866. 

*  WILT.]  AM   BOUCHERS,  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  September  20,  1863,  mus 
tered   in    September   20,    1863;   captured    May    27,    1804,    Hanover   Junction, 
Va. ;   died  August   19,   1864,  Andersonville,   Ga. 

TERRENCE  BRADY,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

*WILLIAM  BROWN,  tNorwich.  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  April  24,  1864. 

ANTHONY  BROTHERS,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  June  22,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  27,  1863. 

*  WILLIAM    BUCHANAN,    tl  lartford,    private,    enlisted    October     I,     1863, 
mustered  in  October   I,   1863;   deserted   December  3,   1803. 

*EDWARD  BUCKLEY.  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  September  TO,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  TO.  1863;  wounded  August  17,  1864.  Deep  Bottom, 
Va. ;  died  October  i,  1864. 

GEORGE  II.  BULL,  Windham,  private,  enlisted  July  5,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded,  captured  and  paroled  December  13,  1862,  Fred 
ericksburg,  Va. ;  transferred  to  Co.  C  24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C  January  21, 
1864;  discharged  June  28,  1865. 

*SAMUEL  BURKE,  East  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  September  24,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  24,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  I)  22cl  C.  V.)  ;  captured 
August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  died  November  12,  1864,  Salisbury, 
N.  C. 

JEREMIAH  CALLAHAN,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  May  23,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va., 
wounded  May  13,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 

*DANJEL  CAMERON,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1864,  mustered 
in  August  25,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, -1865. 

HENRY  CAVARLY,  Salem,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  deserted  September  TO,  1862. 

CARLOS  P.  COLE,  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  7,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 


Official  Roster.  435 

ALOXZO  I'",.  COI.K.  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  May  2$,  1864,  North  Anna  River,  Va. 

*THOM.\S  Cooi'Kk,  Trumbull,  pri\-ate,  enlisted  September  n,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  11.  1863;  deserted  Octoher  12.  1863. 

*(ii-:oR<,K  \\".  COKXIXG,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  October  i,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  October  i,  1863;  died  April  7,  1864. 

Jonx  CRAXHAI.I.,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  17,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862:  transferred  from  (ieneral  Hospital,  Washington,  ]).  C. 
to  company  June  18,  i8(>3;  failed  to  report:  no  further  record  Adjutant- 
deneral's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

DAXIKL  CROWLKY,  Sprague,  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  August  4,  1863. 

*Jonx  Cr.M. Mixes,  Meriden.  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  died  February  20,  1864. 

MICHAKL  CUNNINGHAM,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1802,  Fredericksburg. 
Ya.  ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  19,  1863. 

KUWAKII  DAII.KY,  Middletown.  private,  enlisted  June  28.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

Joiix  DEGNAN,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  June  5,  1802,  mustered  m 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  August  25,  18(14,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  trans 
ferred  to  7th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  April  18,  1865:  discharged  June 
29,  1865. 

MAKTIX  Dn.i.ox.  Yernon.  prix'ate.  enlisted  August  o,  1802.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  14.  1864. 

*Jonx  1).  DICKSOX,  ^Norwich,  ]irivate,  enlisted  August  2.  1803,  mustered 
in  August  7.  1863;  wounded  May  7,  1864,  Wilderness.  Va.  ;  deserted  August 
0.  1864. 

CHARLKS  L.  DORMAX.  New  llaven,  pri\-ate,  enlisted  July  28.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  18(12;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

ORRIX  DORMAX,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  i,  1802,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ;  died  No 
vember  29.  1863.  Richmond.  Ya. 

*THOMAS  DOKXS,  West  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  16.  1803;  wounded  May  13.  1864.  Spottsylvania, 
Ya.  ;  captured  August  25,  1864.  Ream's  Station.  Va.  ;  paroled  September 
24.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2(1  C.  V.  'I  I.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

FKAXKLIX  DWK.HT,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  24.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
died  June  13,  1863. 

HKXRY  FnwAkits,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  May  31,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  21.  1862; 
(See  private  Co.  D  6th  C.  V.) 


436  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

NATHANIEL  ELDRIDGE,  Preston,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  8,  1863. 

••'CHARLES  H.  ELLIS,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  28,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  28,  1863;  deserted  May  18,  1864. 

HARMON  FARMER.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  June  3,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
died  December  30.  1862. 

Louis  FRAY,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  June  15.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  25,  1863. 

*JOHN  C.  H.  FROEXTZ,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864. 
mustered  in  August  2,  1864;  wounded  August  — ,  1864,  Ream's  Station, 
Va. ;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

^PATRICK  GEARY,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

WILLIAM  O.  GUILFORD,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  K  October  20,  1864. 

CHARLES  HARTSON,  Chaplin,  private,  enlisted  July  9,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

PHILIP  C.  HARTIE,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  June  7,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  9,  1862. 

*WILLIAM  HASTINGS.  Cromwell,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  5,  1863;  deserted  October  12.  1863. 

*THOMAS  HAYES,  Canton,  private,  enlisted  September  15.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  15,  1863;  deserted  November  7,  1863. 

EDWARD  HEALY,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. ;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  November  25,  1862. 

*OscAR  F.  HEWITT,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1863,  mu.-,- 
tered  in  July  16,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  14, 
1863. 

FRANK  HILIJERT.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*WILLIAM  HOGAX,  South  Windsor,  private,  enlisted  August  31,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  31,  1863;  deserted  May  18,  1864. 

LUCIEN  B.  HOLMES,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  June  14,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  Au 
gust  13,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  5,  1864. 

GEORGE  F.  HUNTJNGTON,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  78th  Co.  5th  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
October  19,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  20,  1863. 

GEORGE  A.  HUTCHIXS,  Hampton,  private,  enlisted  June  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  B  I4th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  June  i, 
1863,   discharged  June  26,    1865. 
THOMAS   IRONS,   Norwich,   private,   enlisted   July   12,    1862,   mustered   in 


Official  Roster.  437 

August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  F  loth  C.  V.)  ;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 

*WATSON  JONES,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  October  i,  1863,  mustered  in 
October  i,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  died 
February  9,  1864. 

THOMAS  K  A  VINA,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  7,  1863. 

BrEi.L  KEEXEY,  Windsor,  private,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  wounded  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  mustered 
out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  G.  KELLY,  Marlborough,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  30,  1864. 

FREDERICK  KEITKNISKKC.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  25.  1863. 

ROBERT  KERR,  Killingly,  private,  enlisted  July  7,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20.  1862;  (See  private  Ritle  Co.  B  2(1  C.  V.);  wounded  February  6, 
1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

:I:SEK;FRIEL>  KRAMER,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  22,  1863,  mus- 
1865. 

FREDERICK  W.  KURTZ,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  K  October  20,  1864. 

GEORGE  KURTZ,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  19,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  appointed  principal  musician  April  22,  1864. 

MAIM  sox  LAM  THERE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  i8th  Co.  2cl  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
October  7,  1863;  drowned  March  3,  1865,  Lyme,  Conn. 

^FREDERICK  LEAHR,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  16,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  16,  1863;  deserted  October. 28,  1864. 

PATRICK  LLOYD,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  killed  May  11,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. 

WILLIAM.  F.  LOVKJOY,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  June  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

*OSCAR  S.  LULL,  Ledyard,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered  in 
Juy  28.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  P>  nth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  April  17,  1865; 
discharged  July  25,  1865. 

*JonN  LYNCH,  Avon,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
September  8,  1863;  deserted  October  12,  1863. 

JAMES  MA  HER,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  9.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  March  17,  1863. 

^PATRICK     MAHOXEY,    Norwalk,    private,    enlisted    September    30,    1863, 


438  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

mustered  in  September  30,  1863;  wounded  May  i  r,  1864.  Spottsylvania, 
Va.  ;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JOHX  MARSH.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  14,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  transferred  to  44th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  February  iC>, 
1865;  discharged  August  19,  1865. 

*SAMTEL  MASOX,  (Guilford,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  i,  1863;  killed  October  27,  1864,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va. 

JAMES  McCoRMUK.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  10,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va., 
wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.  ;  deserted  May  12,  1864. 

MICHAEL  M(  DERMOTT,  Killingly.  private,  enlisted  June  15.  1862,  mu-- 
ered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  July  3  1863,  (Gettysburg,  Pa.;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  1  loth  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  September  30,  1863;  discharged 
July  5.  1865. 

JOHX  McDoXALD,  Xorwich,  private,  enlisted  June  3,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.  ;  transferred 
to  58th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  September  23.  1863;  discharged  June  29, 
1865. 

*Joiix  McCGrikE,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  10,  18(13;  deserted  October  12,  1863. 

*  DAVID  MILLER.  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9,  1863;  captured  May  4,  1864,  Biandy  Station,  Va. ; 
paroled  November  30,  1864;  furloughed  December  9,  1864;  failed  to  return; 
no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  1).  C. 

WILLIAM  J.  MOREHEAD.  Lisbon,  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1802,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  19,  1863. 

:|:Ai"(;rsTrs  XOULE,  Farmington.  private,  enlisted  July  23.  1864,  mustered 
in  July  23,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  186.5. 

:!:JAMES  XOKTOX,  Xe\v  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mustered  in 
julv  18,  1863;  wounded  May  27,  1864,  Xorth  Anna  River.  Va. :  transferred 
to  Co.  C  1461!!  Regiment  X.  Y.  Vols.  ;  a  deserter  therefrom. 

JACOI;  (  )I:KX x .u'ER,  (Gris\vold,  private,  enlisted  May  29,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  26,  1863. 

*Jonx  PARKER.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863;  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.  ;  captured  August  25, 
1864.  Ream's  Station.  Va. ;  paroled  March  i,  1865;  discharged  July  5,  1865. 

:i:I)AViD  PATTERSOX,  Xorwich,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  5,  1863;  wounded  May  13.  18(14,  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  transferred 
to  Co.  F  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

FDWIX  PIERS.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  n.  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*JoHX   RAVMOXD,  Xew    Haven,  private,  enlisted   July    18,    1863,  mustered 


Official  Roster.  439 

in  July    18.   1863;   transferred  to  Co.   G,   ist  Regiment  V.   R.   C.   November 
30,   1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  21,   1864. 

JAMES  RILEY,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  6,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  wounded  May  7, 
1864,  \Yilderness  Va. ;  discharged  June  5,  1865. 

FDWARD  RILEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg  Va. ;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*  ALEXANDER  ROBERTSON  ,  Colchester,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  7,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  April  2:,  1864;  served 
on  L\  S.  S.  "Perry",  "New  Hampshire"  and  "South  Carolina";  dis 
charged  August  26,  1865. 

*WILLIAM  ROHERTS,  Gosheii,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  i,  1863;  deserted  September  21,  1863. 

*JAMKS  A.  Rom x SON,  P>erlin,  private,  enlisted  September  2,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  2.  1863  ;  transferred  to  i6th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
November  4,  1863  ;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  10,  1864. 

JAMES  ROOERS,  \Vethersheld,  private,  enlisted  June  17,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  captured 
August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  died  February  28,  1865,  Salisbury, 
X.  C. 

CHARLES  11.  SCRANTON,  Windham,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  November  23,  1862. 

*HEXRY  SEYMOTR,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  17,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. ;  cap 
tured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. ;  paroled  March  10,  1865; 
transferred  to  Co.  I)  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*Jmix  SHAW,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5,  1863;  deserted  August  24,  1863. 

GEOKCE  SHAY,  Griswold,  private,  enlisted  July  3,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  6,  1863. 

BAETAS  SCHAXX,  Windsor,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  i8f>2;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*AUSTIN  II.  SHEEEEY,  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  August  20,  1864; 
mustered  in  August  20,  1864;  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station, 
Va.  ;  paroled  March  10,  1805;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  July  7, 
1805. 

GEOK<,E  SLACK,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  August  12,  1863. 

"DAVID  SLOTKIE,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1863,  mustered 
in  July  29,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  V  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*WILLIAM    SMIDT.    Hartford,   private,   enlisted   August   5,    1863,   mustered 
in  August  5,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.,  wound 
ed  May  7,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  deserted  June  24,  1864. 


440  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

WILLIAM  L.  SMITH,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  July  2,  1863. 

*HENRY  SMITH,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered  in  July 
^.8,  1863;  deserted  September  21,  1863. 

^FREDERICK  SMITH,  Preston,  private,  enlisted  June  30,  1863,  mustered  in 
June  30,  1863;  killed  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. 

*PETER  SMITH,  Wctliersfield.  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  wounded  November—,  1864,  date  and  place 
not  shown  ;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*PETER  J.  SMITH,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1864,  mustered 
in  July  26,  1864;  deserted  August  28,  1864. 

*JOHN  SNYDEK,  Westport,  private,  enlisted  August  T,  1864,  mustered 
in  August  i,  1864;  deserted  August  28,  1864. 

ROBERT  STAR  KEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  n,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  died  April  13,  1863. 

JOHN  STARKEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  11,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  June  4,  1863. 

HENRY  STEVENS,  Griswold,  private,  enlisted  July  T,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  64th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  October  24, 
1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  28,  1865. 

*SAMTEL  STEELE,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  captured  November  30,  1863,  Mine  Run,  Va. ;  died  August 
6,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

ARTEMUS  STOCKMAN,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  28, 
1863. 

*LYMAN  F.  SWEET,  Litchheld,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  4,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  K  8th  C.  V. )  ;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2(1 
C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

DANIEL  TIMMONS,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  June  3,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  died  May  8, 
1864. 

MOSES  TYLER,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862;  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.  ;  died  April 
14,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

*  WILLIAM  ULRICK,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  I,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  I,  1863;  deserted  August  15,  1864. 

*ALEXANDER  VOGEL,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1864,  mustered 
in  July  25,  1864;  admitted  to  hospital,  City  Point,  Va.,  August  — ,  1864; 
no  further  record,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

BALTAS  WAGXEK,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  3,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  (See  wagoner  Rifle  Co.  K  3d  C.  V. )  ;  wounded  May  2, 
1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  transferred  to  23(1  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 


Official  Roster.  441 

August  17,  1863:  re-enlisted  veteran  August  29,  1864;  transferred  to  Co. 
G  24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  December  15,  1864;  discharged  November  18, 
1865. 

ALHEKT  K.  WEST,  Preston,  private,  enlisted  May  4,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  24,  1863. 

RICHARD  WEST,  Putnam,  private,  enlisted  June  16,  1862,  mustered  in  Au 
gust  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. ;  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  June  8,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  K  1st  C.  V.  Cavalry). 

MICHAEL  WEST,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  September  17.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  17,  1863;  deserted  March  31.  1864. 

*JosEi'H  \YiLsox.  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  12.  1863;  absent  sick  in  hospital  May  31,  1865;  no  further 
record  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington,  D.  C. 

GEORGE  \YoomvoRTH,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  20.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  26,  1863. 

*\YILLIAM  WORT,  Xonvalk,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  22,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

COMPANY  F. 

JARVIS  K.  BLIXX,  New  Britain,  captain,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam.  Md. 

SAM  TEL  A.  MOORE,  New  Britain,  captain,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  1st  lieutenant;  promoted  September  17, 
1862;  major  September  22,  1863. 

FREDERICK  B.  DOTEX,  Bridgeport,  captain,  enlisted  August  i,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  corporal  Co.  A  to  1st  lieutenant 
March  3.  1863;  appointed  adjutant  April  14,  1863;  promoted  from  adjutant 

THEODORE  A.  STAN  LEV,  New  Britain,  jst  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  15. 
1862.  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  2cl  lieutenant;  promoted 
September  17.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va.;  died  December  31,  1862. 

\YiLMi-k  1).  FJSK,  New  Britain,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  17,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Rifle  Co.  B  3d  C.  V.) ; 
mustered  sergeant;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Frederickslburg, 
Va. ;  promoted  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  I  March  T,  1863;  ist  lieutenant 
June  5.  1863;  wounded  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  October  27,  1863. 

FREDERICK  K.  SHAI.K,  Norwich.  1st  lieutenant,  enlisted  June  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  (See  private  Rirle  Co.  D  3d  C.  V.); 
promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  1*1  November  13,  1863;  wounded 
February  6,  1864.  Morton's  Ford,  Va.,  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilder 
ness.  Va.;  died  May  21,  1864. 

JOSEPH    F.    THOMPSON,    Hartford,    ist   lieutenant,   enlisted  July    15,    1862, 


442  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  K  to  2(1 
lieutenant  September  30,  1864;  ist  lieutenant  January  29,  186^;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  A.  COMES,  New  Haven,  2d  lieutenant, 'enlisted  June  12,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  quartermaster-sergeant 
September  17.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va.;  died  December  21.  1862. 

JOHN  A.  Tir.niTS,  New  London,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  12,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  promoted  from  1st  sergeant  Co.  H 
March  3,  1863;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg.  Fa.;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  July  ]/,  1863;  appointed  captain  and  com 
missary  of  subsistence  U.  S.  Vols.  May  28,  1864;  major  by  brevet 
July  24,  1865;  discharged  July  31,  1865. 

Lre'irs  F.  NORTON,  New  Britain,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  9,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal 
February  9,  1863;  ist  sergeant  July  1.  1863;  2d  lieutenant  December 

5,  1863;    wounded,    date    and    place    not    shown;    dismissed    September 

6,  1864. 

LEVEKITT  HOWELL,  New  Britain,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
January  5,  1863. 

IMKI  A.  Si'EXCER.  Bloomlield,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  i8f>2;  mustered  corporal;  wounded  December 
13,  1862,  Fredericks'burg,  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  I'Ybruary  10,  1863; 
ist  sergeant  February  17,  1864;  captured  August  25,  18(14,  Ream's 
Station.  Va.;  paroled  March  10,  1805;  reduced  to  sergeant  (sick); 
discharged  May  20,  1865. 

AXDKEW  J.  BACOX,  Berlin,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  October  i.  1862;  re 
duced  to  ranks  (sick)  October  25,  1863;  captured  May  9,  18^4.  FJy's 
Ford,  Va.;  died  January  25,  1865.  Florence,  S.  C. 

FLISHA  S.  BOOTH,  Jr..  Barkhamsted,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  24,  i8f)2. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  October 
i.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  died 
January  5,  1863. 

FREDERICK  R.  Fxo,  Bloomlield,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  29,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  killed  September  17.  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

WILLIAM  R.  LATIMER,  Bloomlield,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  May  3,  1863, 
Chancellorsville,  Va.;  promoted  corporal  November  i,  1863;  \\ounded 
February  6,  1864.  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  September 
T,  1864;  captured  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Hank  Road,  Va.; 
paroled  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

GEORGE    H.    LEWIS,    New    Britain    sergeant,    enlisted   July    26,    1862,    inns- 


Official  Roster.  443 

tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  I/, 
1802,  Antietam,  Aid.;  promoted  corporal  October  17,  1862;  wounded 
December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  Febru- 
ary  9,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  2,  1863. 

HKNKV  LVDALL,  Xew  Britain,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862:  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  Feb 
ruary  10,  1863;  sergeant  November  I,  1863;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 

CHARLES  M</ALHATTE.\.  New  Britain,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  16,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant 
February  9,  1863;  killed  October  14,  1863.  Bristue  Station,  Va. 

MICHAEL  MYERS.  New  Britain,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February 
9.  1863;  sergeant  November  I,  1863;  wounded  and  captured  February 
(>.  1864,  Morton's  .Ford,  Va.;  died  September  20,  1864,  Andersonville, 
Ga. 

JOHN  \V.  POST,  New  Britain,  sergeant,  eidisted  July  19,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  appointed  quartermaster-  sergeant  September  17.  1862. 

CHARLES  M.  Scovii.i.,  New  Britain,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1802, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  wagoner; 
returned  to  ranks;  promoted  corporal  November  I,  1863;  wounded 
February  (>,  1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  February 
17.  1804;  wounded  May  12.  1864,  Spottsylvania.  Va.;  reduced  to  ranks 
( sick  ) ;  died  July  14.  1864. 

FKEHEKICK  S.  SEYMOUR,  New  Britain,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  17,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  promoted  quartermaster-sergeant 
November  13.  1862. 

CHARLES  N.  VEXSKI,,  New  Britain,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal 
October  4.  1862;  sergeant  February  9.  18(13;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick) 
October  25,  1803;  promoted  sergeant  November  i,  1863;  transferred 
to  Co.  A  24th  Regiment  Y.  R.  C.  December  12,  1803;  discharged  June 
28.  i8<>5. 

hnwAKi)  II.  WADE,  New  Britain,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  8.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  |8(>2;  mu>tered  private;  promoted  corporal  Feb 
ruary  10.  18(13;  sergeant  November  12.  i8(>3;  discharged  May  31, 
1865. 

ELIJAH  \V.  BACON.  Berlin,  corporal,  enlisted  July  28,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  23,  i8()2;  mustered  private;  promoted  Feburary  20,  1864; 
medal  of  honor  awarded  for  capture  of  Hag;  killed  May  6,  1864, 
Wilderness,  Va. 

BIRIISEY  BKCKLEY,  Berlin,  corporal,  enlisted  August  7,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  i8(>2;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  s,  1862; 
killed  December  13,  1862.  Fivdericksburg,  Va. 


444  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

CHARLES  R.  BTXXELL,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  iu  August  23.  1862;  reduced  to  ranks  October  5,  1862; 
wounded  May  3,  1863;  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  August  17,  1863. 

HENRY  COOLEY,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  August  IT,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  October  2,  1862. 

RALPH  GAYLES,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863; 
transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  August  17,  1863;  pro 
moted  sergeant  December  15.  1864;  discharged  July  12,  1865. 

EDWARD  C.  COWLES,  Bloomlield,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  September  i, 
1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

DANFORD  J.  DAVIS,  Berlin,  corporal,  enlisted  .August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettys 
burg,  Pa.;  promoted  November  16,  1863;  wounded  and  missing  Feb 
ruary  6.  1864,  Morton's  FY>rd,  Va.;  probably  died  on  field;  no  further 
record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

THOMAS  IMXX,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3,  1863, 
Gettysburg.  Pa.;  promoted  November  13.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  B 
24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  December  4,  1863;  discharged  June  27,  1865. 

MOSES  GILBERT,  Jr..  Berlin,  corporal,  enlisted  August  7,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  5,  1862; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  n.  1862. 

FJIMUXD  D.  GILBERT.  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  July  17,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  October  2,  1862. 

HENRY  B.  GOOHRICH,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  captured  May  3.  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
paroled  May  15,  1863;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick);  wounded  August  25, 
1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April 
28,  1865. 

THOMAS  HART,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Frederieksburg,  Va. 

MICHAEL  M<  MAHOX,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  July  17,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9. 
1863;  wounded  May  3.  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  reduced  to  ranks 
(sick)  October  25.  1863;  captured  May  8.  1864,  Kllis  Ford,  Va.; 
paroled  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*  PETER  MILLER,  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  October  i,  1863,  mustered 
in  October  i.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  17,  1864; 
transferred  to  u6th  Regiment  N.  Y.  Vols.  April  10,  1865;  a  deserter 
therefrom. 

CHARLES   W.    NOKTOX,   Berlin,   corporal,   enlisted    August   7,    1862,   inns- 


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tercel  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  December  13, 
1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  February  17,  1864;  wounded 
May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  discharged  July  IT,  1865. 

JOSEPH  PIERCE,  Berlin,  corporal,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered  in  Aug 
ust  23,  1862,  mustered  private;  promoted  November  i,  1863;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JAMES  A.  STROAZZI,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3.  1863, 
promoted  September  I.  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

MEXRV  E.  TALCOTT,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9, 
1863;  reduced  to  ranks  October  25,  1863;  discharged  May  31,  1865. 

*JOSEPH  THOMAS,  East  Haddam,  corporal,  enlisted  September  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  15,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  Novem 
ber  17,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.;  transferred  to 
Co.  M  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

DWIGHT  H.  WRIGHT,  New  Britain,  corporal,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  5, 
1862;  died  October  23,  1862. 

JOHN  TNMAN,  New7  Britain,  musician,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  ranks;  transferred  to  22d  Co.  2d 
Battalion  V.  R.  C.  October  6.  1864;  discharged  August  19,  1865. 

J.  WJLLARU  PARSONS,  New  Britain,  musician,  enlisted  August  IT,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  ranks;  discharged  Feb 
ruary  10,  1863. 

HENRY  E.  WILLIAMS,  Vernon,  musician,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  as  private  from  Co.  D  October  20, 
1864;  detailed  musician;  mustered  out  with  company  M<ay  31,  1865. 

^AUGUSTUS  ADDTCKS,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  22,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  22,  1863;  See  Charles  Meyer. 

NEWTON  A.  ALCOTT,  Wolcott,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  M.ay  30,  1865. 

HENRY  ALCOTT,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  January  26,  1863. 

JAMES  P.  ALCOTT,  Wolcott,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  missing  in  action  October  27,  1864,  Boydton 
Plank  Road,  Va.;  probably  killed;  no  further  record  Adjutant-Gen 
eral's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

EDWARD  O.  ALLEN,  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  October  i,  1862. 

WILLIAM  ASHWELL,  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam, 


446  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

Md.,  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  transferred 
to  i5Qth  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  February  i/,  1864;  discharged  July 
5-  1865. 

JOHN  L.  BARTHOLOMEW,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Anlietam, 
Aid.;  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va.;  died  October 
13.  i86_|,  Salisbury,  X.  C. 

*Jonx  BARRETT,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  29,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  29,  1863;  transferred  to  3/th  Regiment  Mass.  Vols. 
January  8,  1864;  a  deserter  therefrom. 

GEORGE  F.  BEACH,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  24, 
1862.  (See  private  Co.  V  8th  C.  V.) 

HEXRY  BEACH.  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  September  T/,  1862,  Antic-tan,  Md.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  29.  1863. 

*MATHEW  BEERS,  tNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  15.  1863;  deserted  May  3,  1864. 

*JOSEPII  A.  BEKKY,  Xew  1  la\'en,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29,  1803;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford, 
Va.,  wounded  M'ay  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  deserted  August  6, 
1864. 

*Lons  C.  BLANC,  \Vaterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22.  1863;  deserted  February  27,  1864. 

GEORGE  B.  BOOTH,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  17,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  .23,  1862;  appointed  hospital  steward  U.  S.  A.  September 
7,  1863;  discharged  July  15,  1865. 

THOMAS  J.  BRAIN ARD,  Bloomtield.  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  killed  July  3.  1863.  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

*\VILLIAM  BRAXDIS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  27,  1863;  killed  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. 

^BERNARD  BRADY.  Hartford,,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  29,  1863;  deserted  August  16,  1863. 

*\VILLIAM  C.  BROWN,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  5,  1863;  wounded  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe 
Station,  Va.;  killed  June  6.  1864.  Cold  Harbor,  Va. 

^CHARLES  BROWN,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  25,  1863;  killed  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. 

*CHARLES  BRUN,  tNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25.  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

*FRAS  C.  BUCKINGHAM,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  25,  1863;  died  March  3,  1864. 

CHARLES  F.  BIFLKI;,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  died  April  3,  1863. 


Official  Roster.  447 

LKWIS  (',.  BCRTON,  Brooklyn,  private,  enlisted  January  4,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  January  4,  1804;  wounded  May  6,  1(864,  Wilderness,  Va,;  died 
June  19,  1864. 

*AXTONF.  LAi'iLKNK,  \\"aterl >ury,  private,  enlisted  August  22.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  I)  _'d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

\YILUAM  CARKIXCTOX,  \\'oodstoek,  private,  enlisted  March  10,  1804.  mus 
tered  in  March  10,  i8(>4;  captured  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank 
Road.  Va.;  died  Feburary  17,  1865.  Richmond,  Va. 

*THOMAS  ('ARK,  Xorwalk,  private  enlisted  October  2.  1863,  mustered  in 
October  2,  1863;  captured  October  — .  1863.  Bristoe  Station,  Va.; 
paroled  Xovember  20,  1864;  furloughed  J)ecember  20,  1804;  failed  to 
return;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

FRANCIS  CAVANAUGH,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  i8f>2;  killed  September  17.  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

\Viu.iAM  CAVANAUGH,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  31.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  76111  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R. 
C.  October  14.  1863;  discharged  June  28,  1865. 

"Axsox  1).  CLAIM',  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  18(13,  mustered 
in  August  8,  i8f>3;(Sce  i>ri\-ate  Co.  A  8th  C.  V. ) ;  captured  August 
_'5.  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va.;  paroled  September  24,  1864;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  M  jd  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

•i:L.\KAYKTTK  CLARK,  Lebanon,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25,  (863;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

HKXRY  M.  GHH-RX,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  i8()2;  discharged  May  31.  1865. 

JOHX  G><;\x,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  August  c>.  1862,  mustered  in  Aug 
ust  23.  1862;  killed  December  13.  1862,  Fivdericksburg,  Va. 

*(JKOK(;K  CM. sox,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  29,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  29.  1863;  deserted  October  23.  1863. 

OSCAR  Cox  ANT,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  September  2,  1864,  mustered 
in  September  2,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2(1  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

*JAMES  GM>I>I-:R,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  31,  1863;  died  April  2,  1864. 

MARTIN  I).  COWI.KS,  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam, 
Md.;  deserted  December  I,  1862. 

JAMES  F.  CKOSLKY,  Bloomlield,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  July  26.  1864,  Strawberry  Plain-,  Va.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  April  24.  1863. 

*CHAKLKS  DKXNKY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  29,  1863;  deserted  October  23.  1863. 

^CONSTANT    DENNIS,    Waterbury,    private,    enlisted    September    17,    1863, 


448  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

mustered  in  September   17,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.   M  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A. 
May   30,   1865. 

MICHAEL  DONAIIAV,  Lebanon,  private,  enlisted  February  27,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  February  27,  1864;  transferred  to  102  Regiment  X.  Y.  Vols. 
April  24,  1865  ;  a  deserter  therefrom. 

*  HELENAS   DOTT,   Meriden.  private,  enlisted   August  8,    1863,  mustered   in 
August    8,    1863;    captured     February    6.     1864,    Morton's    Ford,    Va.; 
paroled   March  — ,   1864;  deserted  April    18.   1864. 

GEORCE  W.  DOTY,  Midclletown,  private,  enlisted  September  15.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  March  15.  18(14;  assigned  from  Co.  D  24th  C.  V.  March  15, 
18(14;  wounded  May  (),  i8(>4.  Wilderness,  Va.;  deserted  June  }o,  1864. 

*JoHN  Down,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  31.  1863;  deserted  October  14.  1863. 

*PAUL  DUEREST,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  8,  1863;  wounded  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va.;  de 
serted  December  12,  1864. 

*THOMAS  DUFFY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  8,  1863;  deserted  November  8,  1863. 

DAVID  DOUGHERTY,  Westport,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  T,  1864;  deserted  August  13.  1864. 

*  ALEXANDER  DUVAL.  tHartford,  private,  enlisted   August  22,   1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  22.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  C  24th  Regiment  Y.  R.   C. 
March   10.  1865;  deserted  July  30,   1865. 

*J(>HN  ELLIOT.  Flartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  16.  1863. 

*\YILLIAM  ERWAY,  Kaston,  private,  enlisted  October  i.  1863,  mustered  in 
October  I,  1863;  deserted  October  14.  1863. 

*THOMAS  FISHER.  Groton,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  29.  1863;  killed  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. 

PETER  F"RAZER,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862.  mustered  in  August 
23.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md.;  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  January  24,  1865. 

ALBERT  S.  FROST;  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  killed  May  12.  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. 

CHARLES  FROST,  Jr.,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  captured  October  27,  1862.  Snicker's  Gap. 
Va.;  paroled  November  22.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
January  9,  1863. 

JOHX  GAVIN,  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  trans 
ferred  to  86th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  November  14.  1863;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  December  20.  1863. 

*DAYID  GILLHARMT.  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  missing  in  action  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness. 


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Va.;     probably    killed;     no     further    record    Adjutant-General's    Office, 
Washington.   1).   C. 

THOMAS  II.  GILHERT,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  11. 
1862. 

*JoHX  GILBERT,  tllartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  30.  1863;  deserted  November  8.  1863. 

*FRXKST  GIRAKD,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  September  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  10.  1863;  deserted  April  18.  1865. 

LIIREX  II.  GOOIIRICH,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  2.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Xovem- 
ber  28.  1863. 

KinvARi)  L.  Goonwix.  Xew  Britain,  private  enlisted  August  I.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
27.  1863. 

*J.\MKs  L.  Goss.  I  •'last  Haddam.  private,  enlisted  October  T.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  October  i.  1863;  wounded  May  10.  1864,  Laurel  Hill.  Va., 
wounded  August  16,  1864.  Deep  Rottom,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2(1 
C.  V.  II.  A.  Mhy  30.  1865;  (See  James  Warren). 

*MAX  GO//EXS,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  23,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  23.  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864,  Morton's  Ford. 
Va.;  transferred  to  5th  Co.  2cl  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  April  6.  1865;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  October  18,  1865. 

MORRIS  R.  HAXFORD,  Wilton,  private,  enlisted  March  31,  1864.  mustered 
in  March  31.  1864:  (See  private  Co.  I  23d  C.  V. ) ;  wounded  May  TO, 
1864.  Laurel  Hill.  Va.;  transferred  to  4ist  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
April  17.  1865;  discharged  December  11.  1865. 

*\VILU.\M  HARMAX,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29.  1863;  deserted  August  16.  1863. 

*Micn.\EL  HEXIIERSOX.  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29.  1863:  deserted  August  16.  1863. 

*JOHX  HIXES,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1863,  mustered  in 
July  29.  1863;  deserted  April  18.  1865. 

VICTOR  Hoi, COM n,  Bloomrield,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  T/.  1862,  Antietani.  Md.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  4.  1863. 

JAMES  HOI.LAXD,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  March  16,  1864.  mustered  in 
March  16.  1864;  wounded  May  10.  1864.  Laurel  Hill.  Va.;  captured 
October  27.  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road.  Va.  :  paroled  February  17. 
1865;  transferred  to  Co.  I)  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

F.DWIX  A.  HOWELL,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  5, 
1863. 


450  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

GEORGE  A.  Huxx,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  10, 

1865. 

*DANIEL  IRVING,  East  Granby,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12,  1863;  deserted  October  28,  1863. 

THEROX  S.  JOHNSTON,  Wolcott,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  May  21,  1865. 

THOMAS  KEOUGH.  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  transferred  to  unassigned  detachment  V.  R.  C.  December 

22,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  2T.  1865. 

RALPH  KENT,  Jr.,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 

23.  1862. 

ALFRED  J.  KING,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  September  14.  1862. 

*JOHN  KXOWLKS,  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  July  24.  1863.  mustered 
in  July  24.  1863;  deserted  August  13,  1863. 

*JOHX  KRIMEK  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  2.  1864;  deserted  August  13,  1864. 

*JAMES  LEE,  Simsbury,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
September  8,  1863;  deserted  November  8.  1863. 

*FmvARi>  LEE,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863.  mustered  in 
August  TO,  1863;  captured  October  15.  1863.  Bristoe  Station,  Va.; 
paroled  November  16,  1863;  deserted  April  18.  1865. 

*Axi>RK\v  LOREXSOX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  25.  1863;  (See  Andrew  Smith). 

*JoB  MAGAR,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  December  28,  1803.  mustered  in 
December  28,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2d  C.  V.  IT.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JOHX  MAXDEVILLE.  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  2,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  2,  1863;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
transferred  to  i5Qth  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  February  17,  1864; 
discharged  July  5,  1865. 

WILLIAM  \V.  MARYJX,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
October  15,  1862. 

DEMPSTER  H.  MASON,  Bloomtield.  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Febru 
ary  20,  1863. 

*JAMES  MCCARTHY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  5,  1863;  (See  Charles  Vogel). 

*CHARLES  MEYER,  \Vaterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  D  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30,  1865.  (Correct  name  Augustus  Addicks). 


Official  Roster.  451 

HAXS  MEYER,  f  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  7,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October 
31,  1863. 

*CHARLES  11.  MILLER,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  5.  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864,  Morton's 
Ford,  Va.,  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co. 
I)  2d  C.  V.  IT.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*WILLIAM  MILLER,  East  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  August  S,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8.  1863;  deserted  April  18.  1864. 

REYNOLD  T.  MOORE,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  captured  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
paroled  May  13,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  D  226.  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
November  11.  1863;  discharged  July  2,  1865. 

*HKXRY  M.  MOORE,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  September  25,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  25.  1863;  killed  August  25,  1864.  Ream's  Station, 
Va. 

*\YILLIAM  F.  MOTT,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  27.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  27.  1863;  captured  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.;  escaped 
March  20.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  1)  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  .30,  1865. 

*  HENRY  MYERS.  Portland,  private,  enlisted  September  5.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  5.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's 
Ford.  Va.;  deserted  July  22,  1864. 

*FDWIX  V.  XELSON,  Colchester,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  July  16,  1864:  deserted  August  20,  1864. 

*\Yiu.rAM  XELSON.  Fast  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  July  25.  1864,  mus 
tered  in  July  25.  1864;  deserted  August  20,  1864. 

*JACKSOX  C.  XEWHOLD,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  July  16.  1864;  deserted  August  13,  1864. 

*JoiiN  C.  XYE,  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  22.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Novem 
ber  4.  1864. 

MICHAEL  O'CoxXELL,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  6.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg.  Pa.; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

DAVID  PACKARD,  X'ew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  died  June  27,  1863. 

FLIPIIALET  S.  PACKARD,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  17,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23/1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862,  Antietam, 
Md.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  IT.  1863;  (See 
private  Co.  A  ist  C.  V.  H.  A.) 

CHATXCEY  T.  PARK,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  TT.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  26.  1863. 

HILAXU    H.    PARKER.    Xew    Britain     private,    enlisted    August    IT,    1862, 


452  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam, 
Md.;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2Oth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  February  6,  1864; 
discharged  July  (>,  1865. 

*ALFREI>  15.  PAKDEE,  Fast  Windsor,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864, 
mustered  in  August  2.  1864;  (See  private  Co.  K  I3th  C.  V. ) ;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  M.  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

GEOKCE  II.  PEXFIELD,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  December  20,  1862. 

Jonx  L.  PERKINS,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  IT,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  June  14,  1804. 

RUSSKLL  L.  PERKIXS,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  appointed  quartermaster-sergeant  June 

4-   1*63. 

*JuLius  PORN ix,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  8,  1863;  furloughed  November  4,  1804;  failed  to  return;  nu 
further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington,  D.  C. 

*CHARLES  RAHLIX,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  27,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  27,  1863;  captured  October  27,  1864,  Boydton 
Plank  Road,  Va.;  paroled  February  16,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  D 
2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

GEOR<;E  P.  ROCKWELL,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October 

12,    T862. 

FRED  \Y.  ROSSHTRC,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  7.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
January  12,  1863. 

*HAXS  SCHRODER,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  23.  1863;  captured  December  i,  1863.  Rapidan,  Va.; 
died  March  23,  1864.  Richmond.  Va. 

WILLIAM  H.  SCOVILL,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  discharged  May  23.  1865. 

*CHARLES  H.  SHAW,  \Yaterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  22,  1863;  deserted  October  14.  1863. 

OVID  P.  SHAW,  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  September  3,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  April  2,  1864;  transferred  from  Co.  K  28th  C.  V.  April  2, 
1864;  killed  June  17,  1864,  Petersburg,  Va. 

J.  FRANK  SMITH,  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  April  28,  1863. 

JOEL  C.  SMITH.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  February  23,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  23,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  G  April  16,  1864. 

GEORGE  W.  SMITH,  .\ew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 


Official  Roster.  453 

*AXDREW  SMITH,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  25.  1863,  mustered 
in  Inly  25.  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864.  Morton's  Ford.  Va.;  trans 
ferred  to  55th  Co.  _'d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  March  9.  1865;  discharged 
September  15,  1865;  (correct  name  Andrew  Lorenson). 

*Sii>XEY  SMITH,  Southing-ton,  private,  enlisted  September  29,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  29,  1863;  captured  May  12,  1864.  Spottsyl- 
vania.  Va.;  paroled  March  TO,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  13  2cl  C.  V.  H. 
A.  May  30,  1865. 

*JoHX  SMITH,  Fnlield.  i)rivate.  enlisted  May  20,  1863,  mustered  in  May 
20.  1863:  transferred  to  Co.  I)  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

JAMES  \Y.  Sxow,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  16.  1862,  mustered 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  July  I.  1863. 

GEORGE  STACKPOLE.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  March  12,  1864,  mustered 
in  March  12.  1864;  wounded  August  25,  1864.  Ream's  Station,  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  M  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

SYLVESTER  \Y.  STEELE,  \Yetherslield,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  killed  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg. 
Va. 

DAXIEL  STEELE,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered  in  Aug 
ust  23.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

AUSTIN  X.  STEELE,  \Yetherslield,  private,  enlisted  August  7.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
24,  1863. 

HEXKY  STEDMAX,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  13, 
1862. 

:i:JoHX  STEVEXS.  Xew  Canaan,  private,  enlisted  September  26,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  26,  1863;  captured  October  27,  1804.  Boydton 
Plank  Road.  Va.;  paroled  February  17,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2cl 
C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

:;:JEREMIAH  STLLIVAX,  Plaintield,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1864.  mus 
tered  in  July  28.  i8(>4;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

JAMES  SWAIXE,  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  August  2.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  i8(>2;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  4.  1864. 

:P:JOHX  \V.  TAYLOR.  Litchtield,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1803.  mustered 
in  August  5.  1863;  deserted  December  9.  1863. 

*AnELi:ERT  TAXXER.  Groton,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  5.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  Ma}'  30,  1865. 

*FZRA  P.  TAXXER,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  4.  1863 transferred  to  i6th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  Aug 
ust  5,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  C  i8th  Regiment;  discharged  July  26, 
[865. 


454  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

FREDERICK  B.  THATCHER,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  August  IT,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  26,  1863. 

EDWARD  11.  THRESHER.  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  M'ay  31,  1865. 

THOMAS  UPSOX,  Jr.,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  14, 
1863. 

*FREI>ERICK  VERNER,  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  6,  1863;  reported  on  M.  O.  Roll  as  absent  in  arrest  since 
March  i,  1864. 

*CHARLES  VOGEL  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  5,  1863;  wounded  October  2,  1864,  Petersburg.  Va.;  dis 
charged  June  2,  1865;  (correct  name  James  McCarthy). 

Lucius  WADSWORTH.  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  September  13,  1862. 

JAMES  WARREX,  East  lladdam,  private,  enlisted  October  I,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  October  I.  1863;  (See  James  L.  Goss,  correct  name). 

*THOMAS  WATKIXS,  Winchester,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  5,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 
9,  1863. 

CHESTER  U.  WESTLAND.  Bloomfield,  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va. 

WILLIAM  W.  WESTOVER,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31, 
1865. 

*CHARLES  WHEELER,  Norfolk,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  6,  1863;  captured  December  T,  1863,  Rapidan.  Va.;  died 
February  17.  1864,  Richmond,  Va. 

*CHARLES  WHITE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  April  18,  1864,  as  Thomas 
White;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Gem  of  the  Sea"  and  "Roebuck";  dis 
charged  July  2i,  1865. 

*JoiiN  WILSOX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  31,  1863;  admitted  to  General  Hospital  September  22,  1863;  no 
further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

*ROBERT  WTILSOX,  East  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863. 
mustered  in  September  5,  1863;  deserted  October  12,  1863. 

*JAMES  WILSOX.  Southington.  private,  enlisted  September  22,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  22,  1863;  deserted  October  12,  1863. 

HUGH  WILSOX,  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  February  13,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  13,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  26,  1864. 


Official  Roster.  455 

JACKSOX  WILLIS,  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  March  19,  1864,  mustered 
in  March  19,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  9,  1865. 

:!:CHAKLES  S.  WILLEY,  Sterling,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1864,  mustered 
in  July  30,  1864;  deserted  August  20,  1864. 

FncAk  L.  WILLIAMS,  Xe\v  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  4ist  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
August  8,  1863;  discharged  July  27,  1865. 

*Jonx  WILLIAMS,  1st,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  7,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864;  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "Merrimac";  deserted  last  quarter,  1864. 

:;:Joiix  WILLIAMS,  2d,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  7,  1863;  deserted  Xovember  8,  1863. 

*Jonx  WILLIAMS,  3d,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29,  1863;  deserted  April  I,  1864. 

*JOHX  WILLIAMSON*,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  7.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  April  30,  1864;  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "State  of  Georgia"  and  "Dictator";  supposed  discharged 
at  close  of  war. 

*JonN*  \YIXTKR,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  7,  1863;  wounded  Ma}-  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  deserted 
Xovember  14.  1864. 

COM  PAX  V  G. 

SAM  TEL  F.  WILLARII,  Madison,  captain,  enlisted  August  I,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md. 

WILLIAM  W.  HART,  Madison,  captain,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered 
in  .\ugu>t  20.  1862;  mustered  ist  lieutenant;  promoted  September  17, 
1862;  resigned  October  29,  1862. 

SAM  TEL  FISK,  Madison,  captain,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  promoted  from  ist  lieutenant  Co.  K  January  19. 
1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  died  May  23,  1864. 

FRAXK  F.  STorciiTox,  Vernon,  captain,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  2d  lieutenant  Co.  H  to  ist 
lieutenant  June  10,  1864;  captain  July  29,  1864;  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  January  i,  1865. 

WILLIAM  J.  SHERMAN*,  Xew  Haven,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  29,  1862, 
mustered  in  .August  20,  1862;  mustered  2d  lieutenant;  promoted  Sep 
tember  17,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md.;  resigned 
January  23,  1863;  promoted  captain  Co.  1)  February  14,  1863,  (not 
mustered ). 

FREDERICK  B.  HAWLEY,  Bridgeport,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  22,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2d  lieutenant  Co.  K 
FVbruary  4.  1863;  discharged  January  20.  1864. 


456  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

FREDERICK  X.  Fox.  Fast  Lyme,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  11,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  i  st  sergeant  Co.  H  to  2(1 
lieutenant  Co.  G  January  13,  1865;  ist  lieutenant  February  17,  1865; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

HENRY  P.  (JODDARD.  Norwich.  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  June  11,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant-major  August  20, 
1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  ist 
lieutenant  Co.  B  February  4.  1863. 

GEORGE  A.  I;O:>TE,  Jr.,  Guilford,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  1  Febru 
ary  4,  1863.  (not  mustered);  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Sep 
tember  17.  1863. 

J.  SAM  TEL  SCRANTON,  Madison.  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  4,  1802. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  promoted  2cl  lieu 
tenant  September  27.  1863;  wounded  October  14.  1863.  Bristoe  Station. 
Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  2.  1864. 

GEORGE  H.  LILLIIIRIDGE,  Franklin,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  14,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  F  Decem 
ber  7.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  K  December  7,  1863. 

PERKINS  BARTHOLOMEW,  New  London,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  2.;, 
1862.  mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co. 
H  March  30,  ['864;  ist  lieutenant  Co.  I  June  26.  1864. 

ALBERT  DEFOREST.  Stratford,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  A  Febru 
ary  17.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

CHARLES  SMITH,  Madison,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3(1  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
July  20,  1863;  reduced  to  sergeant  February  29.  1864;  discharged  July 
6.  1865. 

FDWARD  \V.  HART,  Madison,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  sergeant 
February  9,  1863;  ist  sergeant  September  i,  1863;  2(1  lieutenant  Co  F 
November  13,  1863. 

JOHN  T.  BRADLEY.  Madison,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  18,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  Sep 
tember  30.  1862;  sergeant  September  i,  1863;  ist  sergeant  November 
13.  1863;  2d  lieutenant  Co  K  January  13,  1865. 

JOSEPH  BISHOP.  Madison,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  Febru 
ary  9.  1863;  sergeant  January  31,  1864;  ist  sergeant  January  13,  1865; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

NATHAN  C.  CLEMENT.  Guilford,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  corporal;  wounded  December  13, 
1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  February  9,  1863;  died 
January  30.  1864. 


Official  Roster.  457 

JAMES  U.  G>x  KI.IX.  Madison,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  30,  1862.  mus- 
lered  in  August  20,  i8(>2;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  Septembei 
^o.  1862;  reduced  to  ranks;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865 

AUGUSTUS  L.  DII:I:LE.  Old  Saybrook,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  25,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  Septembei 
17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md.;  promoted  corporal  September  i,  1863; 
wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness.  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  January 
13.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

GEOR<;E  C.  Down.  Madison,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  i.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  (See  private  Rirle  Co.  C  3(1  C.  V. ) ;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  February  27.  1863. 

FYEKETT  1^.  DUDLEY,  Old  Saybrook,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  30,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal 
February  9.  1863;  sergeant  December  5.  1863;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

CHARLES  F.  IL\.\n.  Madison,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  reduced  to  ranks  September  30,  1862;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  F  2(1  Regiment  U.  S.  Cavalry  October  28,  1862;  pro 
moted  captain  Co.  F  03 d  Regiment  U.  S.  C.  I.  April  26.  1864;  resigned 
May  14.  1865. 

XELSOX  C.  MURRAY,  Madison,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  15.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  No 
vember  13.  1803;  wounded  August  25.  1864.  Ream's  Station.  Va.;  pro 
moted  sergeant  January  13.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
31.  1865. 

HKXKY  A.  PEXDLKTOX,  Madison,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  18(12,  Aiitietam, 
Md.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  20.  1863.. 

ORSAMUS  P>.  SAWYER.  Madison,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  31.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February  9. 
1803;  sergeant  November  13.  1863;  2cl  lieutenant  Co.  A  January  13, 
1865. 

HEX j  AM  ix  F.  STAXXAUD,  New  Haven,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  18(12;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant 
May  i,  1863;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

STAXLEY  F.  CHAI-MAX.  \Vestbrook,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1802;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  26,  1803. 

WILLIAM  DAWKS,  Old  Saybrook.  corporal,  enlisted  July  25.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1802;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  10, 
1864;  discharged  Juiu-  8.  1865. 

FDC;AR  S.  FLY,  Madison,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  18(12;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3.  18(13,  Gettys 
burg.  Pa.;  promoted  October  J.  1863;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 


458  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

SANFORD  FOSTER,  Madison,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 
iii  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  17,  1862, 
Amietam,  Md.;  promoted  September  i,  1863;  captured  May  6,  1864. 
Wilderness,  Va.;  paroled  March  3,  1865;  died  March  12,  1865. 

*PETER  1  ITCHES,  tP't'idgeport,  corporal,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  10,  1863;  mustered  private;  wounded  May  6,  1864, 
Wilderness.  Va.;  promoted  January  13,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2cl 
C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*PETEK  A.  KELLY,  Groton,  corporal,  enlisted  July  21,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  21,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  24,  1864; 
wounded  May  5,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  deserted  June  24,  1864. 

*D.\vii)  KING,  Norwich,  corporal,  enlisted  July  13.  1863,  mustered  in 
July  13,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  13,  1865;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  M  2d  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

HENRY  1).  KXOWLES,  Madison,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fre.'lericks- 
burg.  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  15,  1863. 

*HEXRY  K.  LYOX.  Xew  Haven,  corporal,  enlisted  July  13,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  18,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  September  I, 
1863;  wounded  and  captured  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.;  died  May 
14,  1864,  Parker's  Store,  Va. 

JOHX  H.  MEK;S,  Madison,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30,  1802.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863; 
transferred  to  2ist  Co.  2(1  P.attalion  V.  R.  C.  August  10,  1863;  dis 
charged  June  26,  1865. 

WILLIAM  S.  MYERS.  Madison,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  i8(>2;  died  November  24,  1862. 

HENRY  PnEi.rs,  Old  Saybrook.  corporal,  enlisted  August  n,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  5. 
1804;  discharged  June  8,  1865. 

Joiix  S.  STAXXARD,  Guilford,  corporal,  enlisted,  July  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863; 
wounded  July  1-3.  1803,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick) 
September  I,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  place  not  shown;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  June.  9,  1865. 

JOHX  l>.  STEVEXS.  Madison,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettys 
burg.  Pa.,  wounded  June  5.  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va.;  promoted  Jan 
uary  13.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

FREDERICK  S.  WARD,  Old  Saybrook,  corporal,  enlisted  July  24,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va. 

ALFRED  N.  WILCOX,  Madison,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  o,  1863; 


Official  Roster.  459 

transferred  to  Co.  C  igth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  January  13,  1864;  re 
duced  to  ranks  February  13,  1864;  promoted  sergeant  September  I. 
j8(>4;  discharged  July  13.  1865. 

THOMAS  WHITE,  Killing-worth,  corporal,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
10,  1863. 

GEORGE  W.  HILL,  Madison,  musician,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*Jonx  KEXXY,  Hartford,  musician,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  10,  1863;  transferred  to  ranks;  deserted  December 
19,  1803. 

FDOAR  MOODY,  Madison,  musician,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered  m 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

I'AYSOX  W.  TICKER,  Madison,  wagoner,  enlisted  July  31.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

:::Joii.\  Ai.r.EkTox,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  30.  1864;  (See  Martin  B.  Stevens). 

CHARI.KS  X.  Ai'i'LEP.v.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  .February 
i  i.  1803. 

HKXKY  L.  BAILEY,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

liKXkv  F.  BECK.LY,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  23d  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  Sep 
tember  r.  1863;  discharged  July  20,  1865. 

THOMAS  BIRMINGHAM,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  February  10,  1863. 

CHRISTOPHER  W.  BOOXE,  Westbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
musk-red  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville, 
Va.;  transferred  to  I5<jth  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  February  17,  1864; 
discharged  July  5,  1865. 

WASH  ixt.rox  BRISTOL,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  July 
10,  1865. 

*JAMES  M.  BROWX,  North  Stonington.  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  3,  1863;  killed  June  9,  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va. 

"WILLIAM  BITHAXOX,  Suthcld,  private,  enlisted  August  18,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  18,  1863;  transferred  to  1st  Regiment  Massachusetts 
Cavalry  October  8,  1863;  a  deserter  therefrom;  (correct  name  William 
To,bey.) 

RICHARD  J.  CADWELL,  Old  Saybrook,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1802;  wounded  and  captured  May  3,  1863, 


460  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

Chuncell<  >rsville,  Va.;  paroled  May  13.  1863;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31.  1865. 

M. \TTHK\V  CANE,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  April  25,  1863. 

*JOSEPH  CASERLV,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  10,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.; 
deserted  April  16.  1864. 

LEV i  M.  CHAPMAN,  Wesbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1802;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

AARON  A.  CLARK,  Haddam,  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  killed  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

THOMAS  CLARK.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  10.  1863;  captured  October  14.  1803.  Bristoe  Station,  Va.; 
paroled  M'ay  7.  1864;  deserted  March  20.  1864. 

MOSES  (i.  CLEMENT,  (iuilford.  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

*JoHN  CONNOR,  Thompson,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9,  1863;  dishonorably  discharged  November  /,  1864. 

*FI»WAKI>  COOK,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  TO,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5.  1864;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Otsego";  discharged  October  15.  1864. 

CORXETT  M.  CRAMPTOX,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  October  17.  1862. 

DARITS  CURTIS.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  .August  8.  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  ii4th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  De 
cember  7,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  18.  1864. 

*PATRICK  H.  DAILEV,  Simsbury,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9.  1863;  wounded  May  24.  1864.  Xorth  Anna  River. 
Va.;  transferred  to  i  i9th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  January  19.  1865; 
discharged  July  27.  1865. 

*RicnAR]>  DAVIS,  Washington,  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  October  2.  1863;  transferred  to  i6th  Co.  2cl  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
November  4,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  I  i8th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  May 
24.  1864;  discharged  July  25,  1865. 

*\VILLIAM  DAVIS,  Trumbull.  private,  enlisted  September  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  10.  i8(>3;  died  November  IT.  1863. 

*JoiiN  DAVIS,  Norwalk,  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mustered  in 
October  2,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  28.  1864. 

^FREDERICK  DECKER,  Monroe,  private,  enlisted  September  11,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  IT,  1863;  wounded,  date  and  place,  not  >hown; 
transferred  to  Co.  A  f>2d  Regiment  New  York  Vols.  February  4,  1865, 
as  Charles  Decker;  a  deserter  therefrom. 

Wn.HL'R    R.    DEE,    Madison,    private,    enlisted    August   8,    1862.    mustered 


Official  Roster.  461 

in  August  20,  j8o2;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  30, 
1863. 

ALFRED  II.  DIMMLE,  \\'estbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  -°.  1862;  killed  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

GEORGE  li.  DOAXE,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  JO,  1862;  wounded  September  I/,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  January  26,  1863. 

\Viu.i.\M  DoxAuri-:.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  .May  31.  1865. 

*Joii\  I  )()oi. EY.  Sharon,  private,  enlisted  August  m,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  TO.  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station.  Va.; 
deserted  February  16,  1864. 

*J<)H\  Down,  tNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  5,  1863;  captured  October  14.  1863.  Cedar  Run. 
Va.;  paroled  March  21,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2d  C.  V.  II.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

*THOMAS  DOYLE.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  TO,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  io,  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1863.  Bristoe  Station,  Va.; 
wounded  by  railroad  accident  April  24,  1864;  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  July  21,  1865. 

WILLIAM  15.  DTDLEV,  Old  Say-brook,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  22d  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R. 
C.  October  26,  1864;  discharged  August  22.  1865. 

*Jonx  FAGAN,  Warren,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  TO.  1863:  deserted  April  16.  1864. 

:;:FLIJAH  FGGLESTOX,  Merideii,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  F  rst  C.  V. ) ;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  December  i/,  1863. 

*MA.\TEL  FERNANDEZ,  Simsbury,  private,  enlisted  September  4,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  4,  1863;  deserted  May  3.  1864. 

*CrKTis  W.  FLINT,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  3,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station, 
Va.;  died  March  27.  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

HENRY  F.  FOSTER,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  15,  1864. 

JOHX  \Y.  GARDINER,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

RANSLER  GOODALE,  Killingworth,  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  and  captured  May  3,  1863.  Chan- 
cellorsville,  Va.;  paroled  May  15.  1863;  transferred  to  159th  Co.  2(1 
Battalion  V.  R.  C.  February  17,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  dis 
ability  January  14,  1865. 

*Jonx  GORDON,  tXew  I  la\-en,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  5.  1863;  captured  February  6.  1864,  Morton's 
Ford,  Va.;  died  July  /,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 


462  Fourteenth  Regirhent,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

*GEORGE  D.  GREENED  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  u,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  ii,  1863;  discharged  June  6.  1865. 

WILLIAM  R.  CRUMLEY,  Wcstbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  D  24th  Regiment 
V.  R.  C.  January  25,  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  August 
15,  1864. 

JOHN  M.  HALL  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  May  30,  1865. 

*  WILLIAM  J.  HANCOCK.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  10  1863, 
mustered  in  August  TO,  1863;  captured  May  2,  1864,  place  not  shown; 
died  November  22.  1864.  Andersonville,  Ga. 

FREDERICK  H.  HARRIS.  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1862  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  deserted  May  3.  1863. 

*WILLIAM  HAYES,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  10.  1863;  (See  private  Co.  I  i8th  C.  V.) ;  supposed 
captured  October  13.  1863.  on  the  march  from  Rappahannock  River; 
no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington.  1).  C. 

ALBERT  M.  HILL,  Westbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  died  July 
29,  1863. 

JOSEPH  W.  HILL,  Old  Saybrook,  private,  enlisted  August  TI.  1802,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  captured  November  22.  1862.  London  Coun 
ty.  Va.;  paroled  December  12.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  dis 
ability  March  5,  1863. 

*LUTHER  R.  HINE.  East  Haddam  .private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  8.  1863;  (Sec  private  Rifle  Co.  C  3d  C.  V.) ; 
killed  May  5,  1864.  Wilderness.  Va. 

ABRAHAM  HUNTER,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  15.  1863; 
(See  private  Co.  A  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.) 

*\YILLIAM  HUNTLEY,  \\  oodstock,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  5,  1804; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Horace  Reals";  deserted  July  24,  1864. 

FREDERICK  H.  KURD.  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
ill  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  A.  HURD,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  i/,  1862,  Antietam,  Mel.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  January  8,  1863. 

*ANTHOXY  HURST,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  18,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30. 
1865. 

WILLIAM  S.  JONES,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  8, 
]  862. 


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*K[)\v.\k[>  F.  JOHXSOX,  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  15,  1863;  deserted  February  14.  1865. 

*THOMAS  KAXE,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30.  1863;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va.;  died 
September  4,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

:|:JoHx  KAVAXAUGH,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  19.  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  \Yilderness,  Va.;  deserted 
July  9,  1864. 

Ai.sox  A.  KEI.SEY.  \Yestbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  died  March  27,  1863. 

JEROME  KELSEY,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1802;  wounded  May  12,  1864.  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  trans 
ferred  to  ii6th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  November  2,  1864;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  July  18.  1865. 

*CHARI.ES  KEELEY.  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  July  18.  1863;  discharged  May  29.  1865. 

*MICHAKL  KELI.EY,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30.  1863;  captured  February  6.  1864.  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  en 
listed  in  8th  Regiment  Rebel  Infantry  while  prisoner;  re-captured  by 
U.  S.  troops  at  Salisbury.  X.  C.:  discharged  July  13.  1865;  discharged 
canceled  April  I.  1870. 

*THOMAS  KEI.LEY,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  29.  1863;  deserted  August  17.  1863. 

*CHARI.ES  KERRICAX,  X'ew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 
15.  1863. 

*J.\: MES  Kixc,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  10.  1863.  mustered  in 
August  to,  1863;  deserted  August  27.  1863. 

AI.PHETS  L.  KXOWLES,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

Jonx  I..  LAXE,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  12.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  July  10,  1863. 

*\YILUAM  LAXSDOWX,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  17.  1863. 
mustered  in  September  17.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Merrimac";  deserted  August  22,  1864. 

CHARLES  LATUE.  \Yestbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1862.  mu-stered 
in  August  20.  1862;  died  October  21.  1862. 

*GEORC;E  LAVEXDUSKIE,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  July  30,  1863;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  died 
Xovember  6.  1864.  Andersonville,  Ga. 

*CHARLKS  LAWKEXTE.  Trumbull.  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  discharged  May  29,  1865. 

OZIAS  C.  LEFFIXGWELL,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  December  25.  1862. 


464  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

!i:RiCH.\KM  LEE,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1863,  ninstere-1 
in  July  16.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Fonl,  Va., 
wounded  May  24,  1864,  Xorth  Anna  River,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co. 
1  2(1  C.  V.  H".  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*CHARLES  I).  LOXDV,  Groton.  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30,  1803;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5.  1864.  as  Charles  I). 
Long;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Otsego";  discharged  September  2\,  1864. 

::Tno.M.\s  Low.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1803,  mustered  ;n 
July  31,  1863;  deserted  August  I/,  1863. 

*CHAKLES  Lrrz,  Preston,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  30.  1863;  wounded  May  12.  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  deserted 
July  24.  1864. 

*HEXRY  LYNVH,  Ilartford,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  18(13,  mustered  in 
August  T.  1863;  wounded  May  6.  1864,  Wilderness.  Va.;  deserted  June 
16/1864. 

WILLIAM  D.  MARSH,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  \2,  18(12,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  killed  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

*GEOI«;E  MAYKK.  Ilartford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25,  1863;  wounded  May  (>.  1864.  Wilderness.  Va.;  transferred  to 
Co.  M  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May"  30,  1865. 

JEHIEL  H.  MEICS.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  18(12;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  26,  1863. 

WILLIAM  H.  MOROAX,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  i8()2.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg, 
Va..  wounded  May  24.  1864,  Xorth  Anna  River.  Va.;  transferred  to 
Co.  H  I4th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  November  27.  1864;  discharged  June 
29.  1865. 

*HEXRY  MORCAX.  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  September  4,  1803, 
mustered  in  September  4.  1863;  died  December  19,  1863. 

*Jf)HN  MORRIS,  Manchester,  private,  enlisted  August  31,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  31.  1863;  deserted  February  12,  1864. 

*JAMES  MURPHY  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  28,  1863;  deserted  May  10,  1864. 

*GEOR<;E  MYEKSOX,  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  September  9.  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1863.  Bristoe 
Station,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  I  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

DEXXIS  L.  X'ORTOX.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1862  .must-Ted 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

FinvARi)  F.  X'ORTOX,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  killed  May  5,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. 

Jonx  O'CoxxoR,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  deserted 
October  I,  1864. 

HEXRY   B.   PACE,   Old   Saybrook,  private,   enlisted   August  4.    1862,  mu.->- 


Official  Roster.  465 

tcred  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
15.  1863. 

JOHN  \V.  PARKS,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Arrtietam,  Md.;  died 
September  21,  1862. 

JOHN  PATTERSON*,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  2.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862:  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*Jonx  PEDRO,  \Yindsor.  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  15.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
February  I.  1865. 

*JAMES  PERRY.  Harwinton,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  9.  1863;  deserted  August  20.  1864. 

\\~ILLIAM  J.  POST,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  I  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  Sep 
tember  i,  1863;  discharged  July  31.  1865. 

*TIMOTHY  PRESTOX.  Suffield.  private,  enlisted  August  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  18,  1863;  dropped  from  rolls  as  fraudulent  enlistment. 

*JOHX  D.  REDFIELD.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  July.  30,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  died  December  14.  1862. 

ORRIX  I).  REDFIELD,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  12.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

* \YILUAM  H.  REDFIELD,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  8,  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe 
Station,  Va.:  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  transferred  to 
Co.  I  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  M.ay  30.  1865. 

-JOHX  RICHARDSOX,  Rocky  Hill  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  wounded  May  24,  1864.  North  Anna 
River.  Va.:  deserted  April  18.  1865. 

*JAMES;  RILEY.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  29.  1864,  mustered  in 
June  29,  1864;  deserted  August  27.  1864. 

*CHARLES  ROBERTSOX  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  8.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  1  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

*CHARLES  RriT,  \Yaterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  T  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

GEORGE  R.  RUSSELL,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksbnrg,  Va.; 
transferred  to  4ist  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  August  8.  1863;  re-trans 
ferred  March  IT.  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOXES  R.  SHELDOX,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  6.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  27,  1863. 

CHARLESS  H.  SMITH.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  December  5.  1862. 

JOEL  C.   SMITH,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  February  23,   1864,  mustered 


466  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

in  February  23,  1864;  transferred  from  Co.  F  April  16,  1864;  wounded 
August  25.  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  ¥  >d  C.  V. 
H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

WORTHINCTON  SNOW,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1865.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  died  August  IT,  1863. 

EDISON  W.  SPENCER.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg.  Va. 

HENRY  L.  SPENCER.  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

EDWARD  B.  STANXARD.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  deserted  October  31,  1862. 

EZRA  D.  STANNARD,  Westbrook,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus- 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  December  22,  1862. 

GEORGE  E.  STANNARD,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
died  January  26,  1863. 

JOHN  E.  STANNARD,  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*GEORC,E  W.  STARR.  Stonington.  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1864.  mustered 
in  July  30.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  T  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*THOMAS  ST.  CLAIR,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1864,  mustered 
in  July  19,  1864;  deserted  August  18.  1864. 

HORACE  B.  STEVENS.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  killed  September  T/.  1862.  Antietam.  Md. 

*MARTIN  B.  STEVENS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1864,  muster-xl 
in  July  30,  1864;  captured  October  27.  1864.  Boydton  Plank  Road.  Va.; 
paroled  February  5,  1865;  discharged  May  24.  1865;  (correct  name 
John  Alberton.) 

RALPH  S.  THOMPSON,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  9.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  May  3.  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
transferred  to  I59th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  February  17.  1864:  dis 
charged  July  5.  1865. 

JOHN  B.  TTLLY,  Old  Saybrook.  private,  enlisted  August  T,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  January  26.  1864. 

*JOHN  TUTTLE.  Sharon,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1863.  mustered  In 
August  8,  1863;  transferred  to  5Oth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Vols. 
April  15,  1864,  a  deserter  therefrom. 

*MORTON  WALSH.  Goshen.  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1863,  mustered  in 
August  5.  1863;  transferred  to  n6th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  April 
25,  1865;  discharged  August  21.  1865. 

*Loris  WESLEY.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  July  26.  1864,  mustered 
in  July  26.  1864;  deserted  August  27.  1864. 

DANIEL  H.  WILLARD,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  IF,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Decem 
ber  12,  1862, 


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FmviN  M.  WILCOX,  Madison,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded,  captured  and  paroled  December  13,  1862, 
Fredericksburg.  Va.;  captured  May  3.  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
paroled  May  15,  1863;  wounded  May  6.  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

*THOMAS  WILSON.  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  18.  1863;  deserted  August  25,  1863. 

*THOMAS  WILSON.  Lebanon,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1864,  mustered 
in  August  3.  1864;  deserted  August  27,  1864. 

*CHARLES  H.  WILSON,  Hamden.  private,  enlisted  September  18,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  18.  1863;  wounded  May  24,  1864,  North  Anna 
River,  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  19,  1864. 

*GEORGE  W.  WILSON,  Litchtield.  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  July  27,  1864;  deserted  August  27,  1864. 

*GEOR(;E  WILSON,  Westport,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  29,  1864;  deserted  August  27,  1864. 

*  PETER  WORDEN,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  22.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  M  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865  . 

CHARLES  R.  WRK;HT.  Clinton,  private,  enlisted  August  6.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March 
26,  1863. 

HENRY  11.  WRIGHT.  Killingworth.  private,  enlisted  August  19.  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31, 
1865. 


COMPANY    H. 

SAMUEL  H.  DAVIS,  New  London,  captain,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  dishonorably  discharged  September  17.  1863. 

HENRY  L.  SNACK;.  Watcrbnry.  captain,  enlisted  August  4.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  corporal  Co.  D  ist  C.  V.);  promoted  from  ser 
geant-major  to  ist  lieutenant  September  i.  1863;  captain  October  20, 
1863;  wounded  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg.  Pa.,  wounded  February  6. 
1864.  Morton's  Ford.  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May 
5-  1864. 

J.  FRANK  MORGAN,  Middletown,  captain,  enlisted  August  6,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  A  2d  C.  V.);  promoted 
from  2d  lieutenant  Co.  C  June  26.  1864;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31.  1865. 

HENRY  LEE,  New  London,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  May  24.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  promoted  captain  G>.  F  July  I,  1863. 

SAMUEL  H.  SEWARH,  Waterbury,  rst  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  15,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co,  I 


468  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

October  20,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  discharged 
July  8,  1864. 

JAMES  E.  COMSTOCK,  Waterford,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  17,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  De 
cember  14,  1862. 

FRANK  E.  STOUGHTOX,  Vernon,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862:  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  I)  June  3, 
1863;  wounded  July  3.  1863.  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  promoted  ist  lieutenant 
Co.  G  June  10,  1864. 

IRA  A.  GRAHAM.  Durham.  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  6.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant-major  July  27,  1864; 
ist  lieutenant  Co.  C  January  13.  1865. 

KILBOURX  E.  NEWELL.  Ellington,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  18.  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  D  January 
22.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

JOHN  A.  Timirrs,  Xew  London,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  12,  i8()2.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.; 
promoted  Jtl  lieutenant  Co.  F  March  3-  1863. 

JOXATHAX  ROGERS,  JR.,  New  London,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  18, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  wounded  De 
cember  13,  1862,  Fredericksbtirg,  Va.;  promoted  ist  sergeant  March 
4.  1863;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  October  26,  1863;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  November  18.  1863. 

PERKIXS  BARTHOLOMEW,  Xew  London,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  24, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  ser 
geant  November  10,  1862;  ist  sergeant  November  26.  1863;  .?d  lieu 
tenant  Co.  G  March  30.  1864. 

CHARLES  F.  PEXHALLOW,  Xew  London,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  11. 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  promoted 
April  27,  1864;  appointed  sergeant-major  July  27,  1864. 

FREDERICK  X.  Fox.  Fast  Lyme.  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  n,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal 
September  28.  1862;  sergeant  April  27,  1864;  ist  sergeant  July  28,  1864; 
2d  lieutenant  Co.  G  January  13,  1865. 

WILLIAM  F.  CHAKWICK,  East  Lyme,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  12, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  (See  private  Co.  It  5th  C.  V.); 
mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant  January  3.  1865;  ist  sergeant 
January  27.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

ROBERT  BARRY.  Xew  London,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  IT,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg.  Va. 

THOMAS  W.  COMSTOCK.  Xew  London,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  21,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  February 
9,  1863;  reduced  to  ranks  May  n,  1863;  promoted  corporal  September 


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i,  1X63;  sergeant  Xovember  I,  1863;  transferred  t.»  unassigned  de 
tachment  V.  R.  C.  January  29,  1865;  discharged  July  10,  1865. 

JEREMIAH  (i.  Drxr.Ak,  Waterford,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal 
February  5,  1864;  wounded  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road, 
Va.;  promoted  sergeant  April  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 

"T'kAxcis  FRENCH,  Xorth  Stoiiington,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  3,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  3,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant 
August  23,  1863;  reduced  to  ranks  April  28,  1864;  deserted  May  3, 
1864. 

\YII.UA.M  (JL'issEXGKK,  Xe\v  London,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  22,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  18(12;  mustered  private:  wounded  December 
13.  18(12,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  corporal  February  y,  1863; 
sergeant  April  27.  1X64;  killed  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va. 

:;:(iKoi«,E  McCkACKEX,  Xortb  Stoiiington,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  3, 
1863,  mustered  in  August  3.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  ser 
geant  October  26,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  F"ord, 
Va.;  reduced  to  ranks  April  27,  1864;  deserted  May  3,  1864. 

*Jonx  McFAki.ix.  Hartford,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  10,  18(13;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  August 
22.  1864;  sergeant  January  3,  1865;  deserted  April  15,  1865. 

THOMAS  J.  MILLS.  Xew  London,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  21,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  ist  lieutenant  Co.  I)  1st  C.  V.  II. 
A.);  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant  August  23.  1862;  wounded 
September  17.  1862,  Antietam.  Md.;  died  October  17,  1862. 

SAMUEL  X.  W.vrkors.  Xew  London,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  15,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  January 
i.  1863;  captured  May  3.  18(13,  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  paroled  May  13, 
i8f>3;  reduced  to  rank>;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

ALLEX  11.  WILLIS,  Xew  London,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  i8(>2;  deserted  August  31.  1862. 

THOMAS  M.  AMES,  Waterford,  corporal,  enlisted  .August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  17, 
1862,  Antietam.  Md.;  promoted  February  9,  1863;  killed  July  3,  1863, 
Gettysburg,  Pa. 

JAMES  M.  BEKISK,  Xew  London,  corporal,  enlisted  July  J(>,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  (See  private  Co.  I)  I2th  C.  V. ) ;  mustered  pri 
vate;  promoted  Xovember  10.  1862;  deserted  March  27.  1863. 

ROP.EKT  BLAIR.  Xew  Haven,  corporal,  enlisted  August  13.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  September  28,  1862; 
reduced  to  ranks;  died  September  29,  1863. 

WILLIAM  A.  CARTEXTER,  Xew  London,  enlisted  August  7.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  August  23,  1862. 


470  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

ROBERT  A.  CHADWK  K,  Hast  Lynie,  corporal,  enlisted  August  2.  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862:  mustered  private;  wounded  December 

13,  1862,   Fredericksbnrg,   Va.;    promoted    October   26,    1863;    wounded 
Fbruary  6,    1864.    Morton's    Ford,   Va.;    died    February   7,    1864. 

JAMES  COCHKAN,  Waterford,  corporal,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private:  promoted  February  9, 
1863;  deserted  May  5.  1864. 

ALBERT  O.  COM  STOCK,  Waterford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  24,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862:  died  December  n,  1863. 

*CHARI.KS  F.  COXWAY,  Stonington,  corporal,  enlisted  August  3,  1863. 
mustered  in  August  3.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November 

14.  1863;   wounded   October   14.   1863.  Bristoe   Station.  Va.;   reduced  to 
ranks   August  22,   1864;   captured   October  27,   1864.   Stony  Creek,  Va.; 
paroled  February  22.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  I  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

SILAS  S.  Fox,  Fast  Lyme,  corporal,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  September  I/,  1862. 
Antietam.  Md.;  promoted  November  I.  1863;  killed  February  6, 
1864.  Morton's  Ford.  Va. 

THOMAS  W.  GARDEXER.  Waterford.  corporal,  enlisted  Julv  28,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9, 
1863;  wounded  July  3,  1863.  Gettysburg.  Pa.:  discharged  on  account 
of  disability  December  29.  1863. 

JOHX  C.  GOIH>ARI>.  New  London,  corporal,  enlisted  July  23,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  27, 
1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

*CHARLES  LATREL.  Vernon,  corporal,  enlisted  September  24,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  24.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  February 
5.  1864;  wounded  May  6.  1864.  Wilderness.  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  I) 
i8th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  October  29.  1864;  discharged  July  22.  1865. 

*En\VARi)  LVMAN.  Litchfield,  corporal,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  4.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  26,  1863;  de 
serted  May  3,  1864. 

ORLANDO  A.  MIMDLETOX.  New  London,  corporal,  enlisted  July  11,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  reduced  to  ranks  August  23,  1862,  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  April  7,  1863. 

FRASTTS  B.  PERKIXS.  New  London,  corporal,  enlisted  August  9.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  November 
10.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862.  Fredericksburg.  Va.;  died 
December  31.  1862. 

JONATHAN  W.  PHILLIPS,  New  London,  corporal,  enlisted  August  7.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October 
1,  1863;  accidentally  wounded  October  14.  1863;  died  October  19,  1863. 

GEORGE   A.    SMITH,   New   London,  corporal,   enlisted   July    IT,    1862,   mus- 


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tered  in  August  23.  1862;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  November  10, 
1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  12,  1863. 

JAMES  WIGGINS,  New  London,  corporal,  enlisted  June  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  November  TO.  1862;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  December  18,  1862. 

GEORGE  A.  BCDDINGTON,  New  London,  musician,  enlisted  July  21,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31, 
1865. 

ALBERT  F.  HALL,  New  London,  musician,  enlisted  August  14,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
July  20,  1863;  transferred  to  ranks  September  22,  1863;  discharged 
July  6,  1865. 

CHARLES  FLETCHER,  Vernon,  musician,  enlisted  August  8.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  from  Co.  J)  Octo'ber  20,  1864;  detailed 
musician;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

OSMOND  1).  SMITH,  New  London,  wagoner,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  M'ay  31,  1865. 

*JAMES  ALLEN,  Hast  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  18  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  18,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.; 
deserted  August  4.  1864. 

ROBERT  ARCHER  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  13.  1862. 

*GEORGE  L.  BAKER,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  2,  1862,  mustered 
tered  in  September  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  1  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

Jonx  BARKER,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  22.  1862;  died  January  14.  1863. 

JOHN  B.  BARTHOLOMEW,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  IT,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862:  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R. 
C.  July  20.  1863;  discharged  July  6,  1865. 

^CHARLES  B.  BEERS.  Norwalk,  private,  enlisted  October  2.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  October  2.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  1  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30. 
1865. 

WILLIAM  BELL.  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  December  2.  1864,  mustered 
in  December  2,  1864;  deserted  February  25.  1865. 

SAMCEL  BOTSFORD,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  June  2,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  (See  musician  Rifle  Co.  F  2d  C.  V.);  transferred 
to  Co.  1  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*  PETER  BOYLE,  Norwalk,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  12.  1863;  (See  private  Co.  H  8th  C.  V.);  wounded  Feb 
ruary  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  A  I4th  Regiment 
V.  R.  C.  September  23,  1864;  discharged  July  24,  1865. 

HORACE  T.  BROWN,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 


472  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

CHRISTOPHER  BROWN,  Waterforcl,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  17,  1862. 

JAMES  BROWN,  Enlield,  private,  enlisted  December  2,  1864,  mustered  in 
December  2.  1864;  discharged  June  6,  1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  BTLLIS,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  August  23.  1862. 

DANIEL  L.  Brunows,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  j8f)2, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  November  15,  1862. 

*JOSEPH  BUTLER,  Meriden,  private,  e;nlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  8,  1863;  discharged  June  I.  1865. 

JEREMIAH  C.  CALVERT,  Waterforcl.  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  i.  1865. 

WILLIAM  (i.  CARROLL,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  May  30,  1865. 

JOHN  F.  CATLKIXS,  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  August  15.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862.  Fredericksburg. 
Va. 

*  PETER  CAVAXATOH,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  4.  1863;  deserted  August  15,  1863. 

^WILLIAM  CEARMILK,  tXevv  Haven,  private,  enlisted  April  16,  1803, 
mustered  in  April  16.  1863;  deserted  August  16.  1863. 

Ar.EL  T.  CHAPMAN.  New  London,  private,  enlisted  June  14,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1802;  deserted  September  10.  1862. 

*HEXRY  CHEMNITZ.  Litchiield,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  18(13.  mustered 
tered  in  August  4.  1863;  deserted  August  15.  1863. 

*J.\MEs  P.  CONNORS,  tNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  I,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  I.  1863;  killed  May  24.  1864,  North  Anna 
River,  Va. 

*FnwARi>  CROMWELL,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  September  30.  1803, 
mu stored  in  September  30.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  5,  1864; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "  Bienville";  discharged  August  18,  1865. 

JAMES  CRVXAX,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg.  Pa., 
wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  discharged  March  10,  1865. 

*IliRAM  CTRTIS,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  August  26,  1863.  mustered 
in  August  26.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va.; 
deserted  November  30,  1864. 

FRANKLIN  DANIELS.  Waterford.  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  iSQth  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R. 
C.  February  20.  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
M.  1^5- 

HEXRY  E.  DART,  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  October  23,  1862;  captured  May  3.  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
paroled  May  15.  1863;  deserted  June  9,  1863. 


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*Joiix  X.  DART,  Leclyard,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1863,  mustered  in 
August  4,  1863;  discharged  April  23,  1864,  by  reason  of  transfer  to 
U.  S.  X.;  no  further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington, 
I).  C. 

*CHARLES  L.  DAVIS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  2,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  T  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  .May  30, 
1865. 

JOHN  DAVIS,  Xonvalk.  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mustered  in 
October  2,  1863;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  cap 
tured  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  paroled  August  22,  1864;  de 
serted  November  14,  1864. 

JosKi'ii  M.  DAWSETT.  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  August  9,  1864. 

AMOS  DAYTOX,  \Yaterford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  captured  M-ay  3.  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
paroled  May  15.  1863;  deserted  June  9,  1863. 

WILLIAM  A.  DAYTOX,  \\'aterford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  April 
2,  1863. 

Jo nx  DOXALD,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  August  26,  1862. 

CokXKLirs  DOXAHTE,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  June  7.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  26, 
1863;  (See  private  Co.  G  nth  C.  V.) 

THOMAS  DKUDY,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  I59th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R. 
C.  September  14,  1864;  discharged  July  5,  1865. 

*CHARLKS  DTXCAX,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  3,  1863;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  H  39th  Regi 
ment  New  York  Vols.  December  30,  1864;  resigned  June  i,  1865. 

*FHILLII'  Duxx,  Litchfield.  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  3,  1863;  deserted  August  15.  1863. 

*PHILLII'  EICHMAXX,  Rhineb'k,  N.  Y..  private,  enlisted  September  6, 
1863.  mustered  in  September  10,  1863;  captured  December  3.  1863, 
Rapidan,  Va.;  confined  at  Richmond,  Va..  December  5,  1863;  no 
further  record  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington.  D.  C. 

GEORGE  S.  EDWARDS,  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  May  3.  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
died  O-ctober  29,  1864. 

*JoHX  ERRR-HSOX,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  29,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  29.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X'.  May  5,  1864, 
as  John  Krickson;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Chicopee";  discharged  April 
26,  1866. 


474  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

CHARLES  E.  FEXNKR,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  June  24,  1862.  mu>- 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  August  27,  1862. 

*JoHN  FRANKLIN,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  3,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5.  1864.  as  John 
Francis;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Chicopee";  discharged  January  6.  1866. 

*  HENRY  FROST,  Xorwalk,  private,  enlisted  September  29.    1863.  mustered 
in    September   29.    1863;    deserted    March    22.    1865. 

PIERRE  GAGNON,  Simsbury.  private,  enlisted  Xovember  29,  1864.  mustered 
in  November  29.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H .  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

CHARLES  H.  GARDE.  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  May  TO.  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  I  igth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  January  30.  1865;  dis 
charged  July  24.  1865. 

THOMAS  GOFF.  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  July  14.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  L  1st  C.  V.  H.  A.);  discharged 
on  acount  of  disability  September  20.  1863. 

JOHN  GREEN.  Waterford.  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

JOHN  GURLEY,  Jr..  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  Xovember  15.  1862. 

*JEREMIAH  HAGGERTY.  Xorth  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1863, 
mustered  in  August  4.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  De 
cember  29.  1863. 

*CHARLKS  J.  HANFORD,  Xew  Canaan,  private,  enlisted  September  12,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12,  1863;  died  May  5.  1864. 

*  ANDREW    HARWOOD.    Oxford,    private,    enlisted    August    8,     1863.    mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March   TO. 
1865. 

*JOHN  HENRY.  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  30.  1863;  captured  October  14.  1863.  Hristoe  Station. 
Va.;  paroled  Xovember  20.  T864;  deserted  January  20,  1865. 

JOHN  HENDERSON.  Groton,  private,  enlisted  April  13,  1864.  mustered  in 
April  13.  1864;  transferred  from  Co.  B  October  9,  T864;  supposed 
captured  October  28.  T864;  no  further  record.  Adjutant-General's 
Office.  Washington,  D.  C. 

*Juuus  HINKEY.  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  September  6,  1863.  mustered 
in  September  6.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  T864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*  WOODRUFF   HOSKINS.  Granby.  private,  enlisted  September  2.    1863,  mus 
tered   in    September  2,    1863;   killed    May    12,   1864.   Spottsylvania,  Va. 

*THOMAS  B.  HUSSEY.  Waterbury.  private,  enlisted  September  T5,  1863, 
mnstored  in  September  15,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5.  1864; 


Official  Roster.  475 

•>erved  on  U.  S.  S.  "Horace  Beals"  and  "Rhode  Island";  discharged 
August  18.  1865. 

JAMKS  h<\'iX(,.  Xe\v  London,  private,  enlisted  August  13.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1X62;  deserted  August  23.  1862. 

:::ROI:KKT  ISLE.  Southington.  private,  enlisted  October  I.  1863,  mustered 
iu  October  i.  1863;  killed  May  12.  1864.  Spottsylvania,  Va. 

FLIAS  L.  JEROME,  \Vaterford.  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  killed  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

*JOHN  JOHNSON.  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  October  2.  1863,  mustered  in 
October  2.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  2.  1864;  served  on  U.  S. 
S.  "Saratoga"  and  "New  Hampshire";  discharged  April  2.  1866. 

*CHAKLES  JOHNSON.  Groton,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863.  mustered 
in  August  3.  1863;  captured  August  25.  1864.  Ream's  Station.  Va.; 
died  November  25.  1864.  Salisbury.  N.  C. 

*JoHN  JONES.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863.  mustered 
in  August  3.  1863;  killed  October  1.4.  1863.  Auburn.  Va. 

*CHARLES  F.  JONES.  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  3.  1863;  deserted  August  15.  1863. 

*  PETER    KALB.    Litchiield.    private,   enlisted    August   4.    1863.   mustered    in 
August  4,   1863;  deserted  August   15.  1863. 

*J.\coi:  KEARN,  Litchiield.  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1863,  mustered  in 
August  4.  1863;  killed  May  24.  1864,  North  Anna  River.  Va. 

*  PATRICK    KERNIN,    Canton,    private,    enlisted    September    8.    1863.    mus 
tered  in  September  8.  1863;  killed   May  6.   1864.  Wilderness,  Va. 

*CHARLES  KLINE.  Seymour,  private,  enlisted  September  I,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  I.  1863;  killed  October  14.  1863.  Bristoe  Station. 
Va. 

CHARLES  II.  KNK;HT.  \Yaterford.  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
July  20.  1863;  detailed  musician  October  I.  1863;  discharged  July  6, 
1805. 

:::\VILLIAM  J.  KNKIHT,  Meriden.  private,  enlisted  September  12.  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12.  1863;  deserted  April  /,  1864;  enlisted  in  Co. 
1)  /th  Regiment  New  Jersey  Vols.  September  14.  1864.  as  a  substitute; 
IT.  i  further  record. 

THEOIMIRE  KOHLRISSER.  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  23.  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  July  3.  1863.  Gettysburg.  Pa.; 
transferred  to  Co.  F  24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  January  29,  1864;  dis 
charged  June  26.  1865. 

ERNEST  KKAH,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  16.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  killed  October  14.  1863.  Bristoe  Station.  Va. 

*Mk  HAEL  LANCDON.  Groton.  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863.  mustered 
in  August  3.  1863;  deserted  August  15.  1863. 

CHARLES   F.   LATOTR.   New   London,  private,  enlisted  July   16.   1862.   mus- 


476  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

tercel  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Febru- 
iry  6,  1863. 

LEWIS  G.  L.vrorK,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  [862;  wounded  September  i/.  i«Sf>j.  Antietam.  Md.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  if),  1863. 

*KDWARD  LEE,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  28,  1863,  dishonorably  discharged  July  i,  1865. 

*WiLUAM  LEONARD,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  September  T,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  I.  1863;  captured  December  I,  1863,  Mine  Run, 
Va.;  died  August  19,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

JOHX  LrxiiEK,  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  July  io,  186^,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1802;  deserted  September  17,  1802. 

JOHN  MACK,  .Avon,  private,  enlisted  November  18.  1864,  mustered  in 
November  18.  1804;  deserted  December  23,  i8(>4. 

*Kic,.\x  MACKEV,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  September  i,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  i,  i8()3;  wounded  May  f>,  1804,  Wilderness,  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  C  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JAI:EZ  I>.  MAVXARH,  \Yaterford,  private,  enlisted  August  i(>,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  i8()2;  died  June  16,  1864. 

LESTER  J.  MAVNARD,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  .August  23,  1802;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March 
30,  1863. 

KDWARD  MCCAFFREY,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  September  5.  iSfq. 

*THOMAS  McCov,  Litchtk'ld,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  i8f>3_  mustered 
in  August  3.  1863;  deserted  August  15.  1803. 

EDWARD  McCKADV,  Litchlield,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  3,  i8f)3;  deserted  August  15,  1863. 

*Jonx  Mcl  )o.\.\!.D,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  3,  1863;  deserted  August  15,  1863. 

JOHN  McDoxAi.D,  Windsor  Locks,  private,  enlisted  November  23,  1864, 
mustered  in  November  23.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

*ALHERT  McGKATH.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted,  September  18,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  18,  1863;  captured  December  I.  1863,  Rapidan, 
Va.;  died  October  10.  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

WILLIAM  MILLER,  Granby,  private,  enlisted  November  25,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  November  25.  1864;  discharged  July  21,  1865. 

*CHARLES  MILLER,  Litchtield.  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  4,  1863;  deserted  August  15.  1863. 

WILLIAM  S.  MILLS.  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va. 

JOHN   MIXER.  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August   11,   1862,  mustered 


Official  Roster.  477 

in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862,  Antietam,  Md.; 
killed  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg.  Va. 

FHWARD  MITCHKLI.,  Xe\v  London,  private,  enlisted  July  14.  1862,  mus- 
iered  in  August  23.  1862:  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
bur^,  Ya.;  deserted  September  24.  1864. 

HKXKY  AlnviiKi.L,  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  July  17,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  August  27.  1862. 

*(;KOK<;K  MOOKK,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  August  ic,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  io,  1863;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  parole  not 
shown;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*FII\VAKD  .Moxsox,  Lyme.  private,  enlisted  August  io.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  io.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton'.-  Ford, 
Ya.:  transferred  to  L*.  S.  X.  April  21.  1864;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Gov. 
Piuckingham"  and  "James  Adger";  discharged  May  II,  1866. 

JosKi'ii  P.  MoR(;.\x.  Fast  Lyme.  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  July  8,  1865. 

*JAMES  MORGANA  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  io.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  io.  1863;  deserted  September  13.  1863. 

*FKAXK  MORFIT,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  September  I.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  i.  1863;  deserted  May  3.  1864. 

*CH.\KI.KS  I).  MOKSK.  Simsburv.  ])rivate,  enlisted  August  2.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  2.  1803;  died  February  19.  1864. 

"JAMKS  MU.I.KX.  »  ashington,  private,  enlisted  September  12.  1863, 
mustered  in  September  u.  1863;  killed  October  14.  1863.  Bristoe 
Stat i<  iii.  Ya. 

:i:A.\TH()XY  Mru.oXY.  (iroton.  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  3.  1863;  deserted  August  15.  18(13. 

CHAKIKS  11.  MOXKOK.  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  July  12.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  .August  23.  18(12;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
31.  1803. 

(JK<>I«;K  MCXKOK,  \Villimantic,  private,  enlisted  July  11,  1802,  mustered 
in  August  23.  18(12;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  April  19.  1864;  served  on 
L".  S.  S.  "J.  S.  Chambers"  and  "Princeton";  deserted  September  26, 
18(14. 

*  PATRICK  MURPHY,  (iroton,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  18(13.  mustered 
in  August  3.  18(13;  captured  May  6.  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.;  paroled 
December  II.  18(14;  deserted  January  22.  18(15. 

*Pniui>  MYKK,  Litcbtield,  private,  enlisted  August  _|.  1863.  mustered  in 
August  4.  1863;  captured  May  6.  1864.  AYilderness.  Va.:  paroled  No 
vember  26.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2cl  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

"JoHx  XKLSOX.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  15,  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864.  Morton's 
Ford.  Ya.;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5.  1864;  served  on  L'.  S.  S. 
"Augusta".  "Cambridge".  "Susquehanna"  and  "Xew  Hampshire";  de 
serted  February  12.  1866. 


478  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

FREDERICK  \Y.  NILES,  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  August  /.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  December  i.  1862. 

*J()HN  XOLAND.  West  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  September  13.  1863. 
mustered  in  September  13.  1863;  killed  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe 
Station,  Va. 

*Ar(;usTUs  No<x;.\x.  Hartford,  pri\  ate,  eniisted  August  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  TO.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October 

15-  1863. 

^ALEXANDER  ORK,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  TO,  1863;  captured  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  died 
September  9,  1864.  Andersonville,  Ga. 

JOHN  H.  G.  OSBORN,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  22.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October 
31,  1864. 

*JOHX  PALLS,  fXew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  28,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  28,  1863;  wounded  June  3.  1864.  Cold  Harbor. 
Va.;  admitted  to  New  Haven  Hospital  September  20,  1864;  no  further 
record.  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington,  1).  C. 

JAMES  M.  PERKINS.  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  5,  1864;  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "Snowdrop";  discharged  June  8.  1865. 

*PRENTICE  A.  PERKINS.  Ledyard,  private,  enlisted  July  22.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  July  22,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  FY>rd.  Va.: 
transferred  to  Co.  C  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*HANS  PETERSON,  Fairtleld.  private,  enlisted  September  30,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  30.  1863;  died  November  29,  1863. 

DANIEL  PIA,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  wounded  June  3.  1864,  Cold  Harbor,  Va.;  transferred 
to  49th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  December  27.  1864;  transferred  to 
Co.  F  i8th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  December  30,  1864;  discharged  June 
24.  1865. 

*THOMAS  PIERCE,  Old  Lyme.  private,  enlisted  August  10,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  m.  1863;  deserted  November  15.  1864. 

^ORLANDO  C.  PRITCHARD,  Cornwall,  private,  enlisted  July  28.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  July  28.  1863;  (See  private  Co.  R  ist  C.  V.  H.  A.);  wounded 
and  captured  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va. ;  died  February 
16.  1864.  Richmond.  Va. 

*CHARLES  REHMER.  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  July  18,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va. ;  de 
serted  July  6,  1864. 

*HENRY  F.  RICE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  12.  1864.  mustered  in 
July  12.  1864;  died  January  6,  1865. 

RALPH  ROBINSON.  Xew  London,  private,  enlisted  July  M.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  August  24.  1862. 


Official   Roster.  479 

HEXRY  A.  ROGERS.  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  July  28.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  10,  1862. 

MICHAEL  RUSSELL,  Xe\v  London,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  [862;  deserted  September  21.  1862. 

*GEOR<;E  \V.  SAXFOKD.  Oxford,  private,  enlisted  September  I,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  I,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  I  2cl  C.  V.  FT.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

*THEROX  A.  SAXFOKD,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  2.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864.  Morton's  Ford, 
Va.:  transferred  to  41  st  Co  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  April  17,  1865; 
transferred  to  i5Qth  Co.  August  29,  1865;  discharged  December  n, 
1865. 

*THOMAS  SAUXDERS.  Litchtield.  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  3.  1863;  deserted  August  15.  1863. 

*HERMAX  SCHLUTKR,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  July  18,  1863;  killed  May  6.  1864.  Wilderness.  Va. 

*GEORC,E  SCHMIDT,  Westport,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1864.  mustered 
in  August  6.  1864;  killed  August  25,  1864.  Ream's  Station.  Va. 

*  JAMES   SHARKEV.   Warren,   private,   enlisted   August    10,    1863.   mustered 
in   August    10.    1863;    wounded    February   6,    1864.   Morton's    Ford,   Va.; 
transferred  to  C.   1   2d  C.  V.   H.  A.   May  30,  1865. 

^PATRICK  11.  SHEAFF.  Montville,  private,  enlisted  August  5.  1864.  mus 
tered  in  August  5.  1864;  captured  August  25.  1864,  Ream's  Station, 
Va.;  paroled  October  9.  1864;  furloughed  October  31,  1864;  deserted 
November  li,  1864. 

*MAKTIX  SIXGHI,  Easton,  private,  enlisted  September  T.  1863.  mustered 
in  September  I.  1863;  deserted  June  IT,  1864. 

WILLIAM  SIXCLAIR,  West  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  November  25. 
1864.  mustered  in  November  25.  1864;  deserted  December  23.  1864. 

JOSHUA  F.  Sissox.  Stonington.  private,  enlisted  August  13.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  September  20.  1862. 

*  WILLIAM     SMITH,    ist.    Union,    private,    enlisted    September    16.     1863, 
mustered  in   September   16,   1863;   transferred  to  Co.   T   2d  C.   V.   H.   A. 
May  30.  1865. 

*\VILUAM  SMITH.  2d.  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  September  13.  1863, 
mustered  in  September  13.  1863:  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  5.  1864; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Virginia":  discharged  August  25.  1865. 

*GEOR<;E  SMITH.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  13.  1864.  mustered  in 
July  13.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  T  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

ROBERT  STAPLIXS,  Waterford.  private,  enlisted  July  25.  1862.  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  transferred' to  Co.  C  24th  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  Janu 
ary  21.  1864:  discharged  June  28.  1865. 

:|:JosEi'H  P.  STARKEV.  vNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8.  1803.  mu>- 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  killed  May  6,  1864.  Wilderness,  Va. 


480  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

JOHN  W.  STEELE,  Wethersfield,  private,  enlisted  November  21,  i86_|, 
mustered  in  November  21,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

SIMEON  C.  THOMPSON.  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
December  i,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  K  ist  C.  V.  11.  A.) 

GEORGE  \V.  Ti I.LETT.  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March 
12,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  M  ist  C.  V.  Cav.) 

*EDWARD  VERNON,  Glastonbury,  private,  enlisted  September  I,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  i,  1863;  killed  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe 
Station.  Va. 

GOTTFRIET  WAGNER,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  died  September  9,  1862. 

*JoHX  WHITE  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  22,  1864;  deserted  August  21.  1864. 

ALBERT  K.  WILLIAMS,  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  February  6.  1864,  Morton's 
Ford.  Va.;  discharged  June  14.  1865. 

FREDERICK.  WILLIAMS.  New  London,  private,  enlisted  August  16,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  August  2(>.  1862. 

* JOSEPH  WILLIAMS.  Fail-field,  private,  enlisted  July  28.  1864.  mustered 
in  July  28,  1864;  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

^CHARLES  WILSON,  Fast  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  2.  1864;  deserted  August  21,  1864. 

*WILLIAM  WOODS.  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  September  i,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  T.  1863;  deserted  May  3,  18(14. 

*HEXRY  WRIGHT,  tllartford.  private,  enlisted  September  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  29.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  5,  1864; 
served  on  LT.  S.  S.  "Merrimac":  deserted  la.-t  quarter,  1864. 


COMPANY  1. 

ISAAC'  R.  BRONSON.  New  Haven,  captain,  enlisted  August  19,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va..  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. ;  died  June  3, 
1863. 

JAMES  R.  NICHOLS,  Norwich,  captain,  enlisted  May  29.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Rirle  Co.  I)  3d  C.  V.);  promoted 
from  ist  sergeant  Co.  K  to  2cl  lieutenant  August  20.  1862;  ist  lieu 
tenant  Co.  K  February  4,  1863;  captain  November  13,  1863;  wounded 
August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va.;  died  February  20,  1865. 

JAMES   L.    TOWNSEND,   New   Haven,    ist   lieutenant,   enlisted   August    19, 


Official  Roster.  481 

1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  May  2,  1863,  Chancellors- 
ville,  Va.;  promoted  captain  C>.  B  February  4,  1863. 

FREDERICK.  S.  SEYMOUR,  New  Britain,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  17, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  quartermaster- 
sergeant  June  3,  1863;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  April  27,  1864. 

PERKINS  BARTHOLOMEW,  New  London,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  24, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  2d  lieutenant  Co. 
G  June  26,  1864;  wounded  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road; 
died  October  28,  1864. 

GEORGE  A.  STOCKING,  Waterbury,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  12,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  D 
November  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

SAMUEL  FISK,  Madison,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  rst  lieutenant  Co.  K  August  20,  1862. 

WILBUR  ]).  FISK,  New  Britain,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  17,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  F  Miarch 
i,  1863;  ist  lieutenant  Co.  F  June  5,  1863. 

SAMUEL  II'.  SEWAKD,  Waterbury,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  15,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  wounded  December 
13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  ist  sergeant  February  11, 
1863;  2d  lieutenant  June  5.  1863;  wounded  July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg, 
Pa.;  promoted  ist  lieutenant  Co.  H  October  20,  1863. 

GEORGE  N.  BRIGHAM,  Vernon,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  sergeant  Co.  D  November 
16,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  promoted 
ist  lieutenant  Co,  B.  March  28,  1864. 

EDWARD  A.  Fox,  Waterbury,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  13,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  14,  1863. 

FRANCIS  M.  NORTON,  Guilford,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant 
February  9,  1863;  ist  sergeant  July  i,  1863;  killed  February  6,  1864, 
Morton's  Ford,  Va. 

THOMAS  HALL,  Washington,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant 
April  ii.  1864;  ist  sergeant  September  i,  1864;  2d  lieutenant  Co.  E 
February  15.  1865. 

CHARLES  G.  BLATCHLEY,  Guilford,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  August  13, 
1862,  mustered  in  August  25,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  ser 
geant  May  8,  1864;  1st  sergeant  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

AMORY  ALLEN,  Hartford,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  9.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  February  9, 


482  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

1863;  sergeant  July  I,  1863;  reduced  to  ranks;  killed  February  6, 
1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va. 

GEORGE  W.  BALDWIN.  Middlebury,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  February  11, 
1863;  wounded  July  3.  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  died  August  14,  1803. 

FREDERICK  BEARDSLEE,  Orange,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  18,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  December  13,  1862. 
Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  corporal  November  i,  1863;  wounded 
•February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  April  11, 
1864;  wounded  and  captured  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  parole 
not  shown;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  M.  CAN  so,  Xew  Haven,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  17,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  died  December  16,  1862. 

ADARO  E.  CROSIJY,  Coventry,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  .February  9, 
1863;  sergeant  September  I.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Mor 
ton's  Ford,  Va.;  discharged  May  18,  1865. 

GEORGE  W.  DARROW,  New  Haven,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  16,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
January  22.  1863. 

HENRY  C.  DUDLEY,  Guilford,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  /,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  died  January  17,  1863. 

CHARLES  S.  DUDLEY,  Guilford,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant  Octo 
ber  i,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  27,  1863. 

GEORGE  A.  FOOTE,  Jr.,  Guilford,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Ritle  Co.  C  3d  C.  V.);  wounded 
December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co. 
G  February  4,  1863. 

WILLIAM  GORHAM,  Guilford,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  No 
vember  i,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  pro 
moted  sergeant  January  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
3i,  1865. 

EUGENE  HART,  Hartford,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  9,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  November  i. 
1863;  sergeant  June  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  Ala}-  31,  1865. 

JOSEPH  JANOT,  New  Haven,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  December  13,  1862, 
Fredericksburg,  Va.;  promoted  sergeant  September  i,  1863;  wounded 
February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  died  May  8,  1864. 

*JOHN  MOORE,  Fairrield,  sergeant,  enlisted  September  25,  1863,  mustered 


Official  Roster.  483 

in   September  25,    1863;    mustered   private;    promoted   sergeant  January 
5,    1864;   reduced  to  ranks  August    i,   1864;   deserted   April    18.   1865. 

*Jonx  L.  THOMPSON,  Rocky  Hill,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  ~,  1863. 
mustered  in  August  /.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  sergeant 
November  3,  1863;  deserted  November  7,  1863. 

PHILETTS  M.  BAKNTM.  MUdlebury,  corporal,  enlisted  August  n,  1862, 
mtistered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  November 
i,  1863;  captured  February  o,  1864,  .Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  died  October 
10,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

THOMAS  L.  CKITEXTOX,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  18.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  July  3,  1863. 
Gettysburg,  Pa.;  promoted  corporal  March  14,  1864;  wounded  May 
12.  1864,  Spottsylvania.  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  May 
31,  1865. 

\YILLIAM  DOTGLAS,  New  London,  corporal,  enlisted  June  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Rifle  Co.  C  2d  C.  V. )  ;  wounded 
December  13.  1862.  Frederick-burg,  Va.;  transferred  to  4ist  Co.  2d 
1'attalion  V.  R.  C.  September  30.  1863;  discharged  July  15,  1865. 

OLIVER  \Y.  FVAKTS.  Guilford,  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  9,  1863; 
killed  May  3.  1863.  Chancellorsville  Va. 

*PATKICK  FLYXX,  Torrington,  corporal,  enlisted  September  9,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  9,  1863;  mustered  private;  captured  lrebru- 
ary  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford.  Va.;  parole  not  shown;  promoted  De 
cember  29.  1864;  reduced  to  ranks;  deserted  February  28.  1865. 

HENRY  H.  FRAXKEXFIELD,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  May  28,  i8(>2. 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  (See  private  Co.  A  ist  C.  V. ) ;  mustered 
private;  prom,, ted  February  9.  1863;  wounded  July  3.  1863.  Gettys 
burg.  Pa.;  transferred  to  Co.  F  2Oth  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  January  18. 
1864;  promoted  ist  sergeant  June  12,  1864;  discharged  June  30.  1865. 

GEMRCE  J.  HALL,  Guilford.  corporal,  enlisted  August  15,  1862.  mustered 
tered  in  August  23.'  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Decem 
ber  i  i,  1862. 

GEOK<;E  H.  HAWLEY,  New  Haven,  corporal,  enlisted  June  16,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
January  27,  1863. 

*CHARLES  HAYES.  Norwich,  corporal,  enlisted  July  28.  1864.  mustered 
in  July  28.  1864;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  i,  1865;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

RICHARD  L.  HTLL,  Guilford,  corporal,  enlisted  August  7.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  killed  September  17.  1862,  Antietam.  Md. 

*THOM.\S  O'NEIL.  Old  Lyme.  corporal,  enlisted  July  27.  1864,  mustered 
ii»  July  27,  1864;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  i.  1865;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C,  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 


484  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

JOSEPH  PUFFER,  Coventry,  corporal,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  October  i,  1862;  killed 
July  3,  1863,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  ROBERTS,  Windham,  corporal,  enlisted  August  23,  1862.  mus 
tered  >n  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  D  8th  C.  V.);  mustered 
private;  promoted  October  I.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  dis- 
abilitj  April  2.  1864. 

FRAI'^IS  S.  SCKANTON,  Guilford.  corporal,  enlisted  August  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  15,  1863;  (See  private  Rifle  Co.  D  2d  C.  V.); 
wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  died  December 
14,  1862. 

ELBERT  H.  SPERRY,  New  Haven,  corporal,  enlisted  June  24,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  23,  1862. 

THOMAS  WILSON,  New  Haven,  corporal,  enlisted  July  18,  1863, 
mustered  in  July  18.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  I, 
1863;  deserted  May  10.  1864. 

*JAMES  WILSON,  Southington,  corporal,  enlisted  September  12,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  12.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  No 
vember  3,  1863;  reduced  t<>  ranks  March  14.  1864;  reported  captured 
and  shot  in  rebel  prison  at  Andersonville,  Ga.;  no  further  record, 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  Washington.  D.  C. 

*  WILLIAM  A.  CLARKE,  Meriden,  musician,  enlisted  August  8,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  8,  1863;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician;  dis 
charged  May  29,  1865. 

JAMES  L.  JORDAN,  New  Haven,  musician,  enlisted  August  11,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  B  2cl  C.  V.);  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  March  IT.  1863. 

*JOHN  MACKIE,  Vernon,  musician,  enlisted  September  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  29,  1863;  mustered  private;  detailed  musician; 
transferred  to  Co.  C  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  as  private  May  30,  1865. 

BENJAMIN  B.  PARKHUKST,  New  Haven,  musician,  enlisted  August  n, 
1862.  mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
3i,  1865. 

SAMUEL  D.  CRUTTENDEN,  Guilford,  wagoner,  enlisted  August  /,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  transferred  to  ranks;  appointed  com 
missary-sergeant  June  4,  1863. 

HENRY  E.  PARMELEE,  Guilford,  wagoner,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  mustered  private;  detailed  wagoner;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  December  23,  1863. 

*JOSEPH  ACKER,  Southington,  private,  enlisted  September  n,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  n.  1863;  deserted  Octo'ber  16,  1863;  (correct 
name  George  Fennel). 

*CHARLES  ALLEN,  iNcw  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  5,  1863;  deserted  October  27,  1863. 


Official  Roster.  485 

*Lons  AMIIHEU,  North  Carolina,  private,  enlisted  September  15,  1864, 
mustered  in  September  15,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

*  WILLIAM  ANDERSON,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863, 
mu.-Hered  in  September  8,  1863;  deserted  October  16,  1863. 

*Junx  L.  -\RSTiu-p,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  IT.  1863;  transferred  to  i-jth  Regiment  New  York  Cavalry 
September  4,  1863. 

VALENTINE  AKENDHOLTZ,  Naugatuck,  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antie- 
tam,  Mel.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  8,  1863. 

BLAS  ARWELS,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  June  19,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  -23,  1862;  discharged  <m  account  of  disability  February  8,  1863. 

CHARLES  M.  BAKTKAM.  New  Milford,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  killed  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va. 

*CHARLES  BAXCJSTOX,  Colchester,  private,  enlisted  August  H,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  ii,  1863;  died  October  29.  1863. 

WILLIAM  N.  BARXETT  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  killed  August  15,  1864,  Deep  Bottom,  Va. 

*WJLLIAM  BE<;C,,  '1  hompson,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  /,  1863;  deserted  March  26,  1864. 

JOEL  C.  BEXTOX,  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  died  October  20,  1862. 

RAPHAEL  \V.  BEXTOX,  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam, 
Md.;  died  September  26.  1862. 

JAMES  W.  BEN  HAM,  Middlebury.  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862:  wounded  July  3,  1863.,  Gettysburg,  Pa.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  24,  1863. 

JOHN  BERRY,  Preston,  private,  enlisted  January  23,  1865.  mustered  in 
January  23.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

:|:  WILLIAM  BER<;REVE.  East  Lyme.  private,  enlisted  August  u,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  n.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
December  9.  1863. 

GILBERT  S.  BETTS,  Woodbury,  private,  enlisted  June  n,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  13,  1862. 

MAKO  P.  BLACKMAR,  Middlebury.  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
February  16.  1863. 

*CHARLES  BLACKMAX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  31,  1863;  deserted  August  12.  1863. 

*  MAURICE  BOYWATERS,  Watertown.  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1864. 
mustered  in  August  6,  1864;  deserted  August  14,  1864. 

JEFFREY    BRENNAN,    New    Haven,    private,    enlisted    December    15,    1863, 


486  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

mustered  in  December  15,  1863;  wounded  May  6,  1864,  \Vilderncss, 
Va.;  deserted  January  8.  1865. 

*WILLIAM  BROWN,  Branford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  31,  1864. 

*JOHN  BROWX,  Watertown,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8.  1863;  deserted  August  16,  1863. 

*ROBERT  BROCK,  fNorwich,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  3,  1863;  deserted  August  12.  1863. 

PHILO  P.  BTSH,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  transferred  from  principal  musician;  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  February  4.  1863. 

*ARTHUR  CAMPHELL,  Harwinton,  private,  enlisted  September  n,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  n.  1863;  captured  May  14,  1864,  Spottsyl- 
vania,  Va.;  paroled  March  T.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  G  2d  C.  V.  II.  A. 
May  30.  1865. 

HEXRV  CHEXV,  Windsor,  Vt.,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  3,  1864;  deserted  October  8,  1864. 

ODELL  Cn  ITTEXDEX,  Guilford.  ])ri\-ate,  enlisted  August  13,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
12,  1863. 

•*J<>HX  CHRISTENSON,  Xorth  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  4, 
1863.  mustered  in  August  4.  1863;  deserted  November  19.  1863. 

PHILLIP  CLAXCEV,  Wethersfield,  private,  enlisted  May  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  August  23,  1862. 

*FREI>ERICK  CLARK,  Old  Lyme,  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  IT.  1863;  deserted  November  7,  1863. 

JAMES  CLARK,  Fnlield.  private,  enlisted  December  2,  1864,  mustered  in 
December  2,  1864;  (See  private  Co.  C  8th  C.  V. ) ;  transferred  to  Co. 
T.  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*ROP,ERT  CLIFTOX.  Brauford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  25,  1863;  deserted  November  /,  1863. 

PETER  COOPER,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  20,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  wounded  July  3.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  dis 
ability  December  6,  1863. 

HIRAM  COUCH.  New  Fairtield,  private,  enlisted  July  22,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  23.  1862. 

JOHX  CULLOX,  Plymouth,  private,  enlisted  February  13,  1864.  mus 
tered  in  February  13.  1864;  deserted  March  23,  1864. 

*JOHN  DANIEL,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  25.  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25,  1863;  killed  February  6.  1864.  Morton's  Ford.  Va. 

CHARLES  DE  GROAT,  Burlington,  private,  enlisted  January  12,  1865,  mus 
tered  in  January  12,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 


Official ; Roster.  487 

CHARLES  II.  DERBY,  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
\'a.  ;  deserted  1-ebruary  20  1863. 

(JEOI«;E  DIXON,  Norwalk,  private,  enlisted  February  12,  1864,  mustered 
in  February  12,  1864;  died  February  24,  1864. 

F.UGEXE  \Y.  DOKMAN.  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  May  30,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  II  1st  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  December  8,  1863;  dis 
charged  June. 23.  1865. 

HKXKY  B.  DUDLEY,  (iuilford,  private,  enlisted  August  /.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  30, 
1863. 

*THOMAS  DUFFY,  Branford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25.  1863;  wounded  May  19.  1864.  Spottsylvania,  Va. ;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

JOHN  DUXLAP,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  August  28,  1862. 

*Fi>\VAKi)  FLLIOTT,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  18,  1863;  shot  for  desertion  September  12,  1863. 

*(  JEORGE  I;KXXKL,  Soutbiugton.  private,  enlisted  September  II,  1863, 
mtistered  in  September  II,  1863;  See  Joseph  Acker. 

"JAMES  FFXTOX,  Fairlield,  private,  enlisted  September  9,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  9.  1863;  deserted  May  4.  1864. 

Fii.Moxn  I.  FIKLD,  Bloomtield,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862.  Antietam,  Md.;  died 
September  18,  1862. 

:I:JAMKS  F'ISHER,  New  Milford,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  2.  1864;  deserted  August  14.  1864. 

AUGUSTUS  FLOWER,  Bloomlield,  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  23.  1862. 

FKWARD  FOWLER,  (juilford,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered  in 
Augu.-t  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  12, 
1863. 

SLLDEX  FULLER,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  November  30,  1863.  mustered 
in  November  30.  1863;  (See  i)rivate  Co.  P>  ist  Scjuad  Cav.);  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  April  30,  1864. 

*CHARLES  (JILLOX,  Mendeii,  private,  enlisted  September  8.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864.  Morton's 
Ford,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.'L  2cl  C.  V.  II.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

FnwARD  (ioaiiMAX.  X'ew  Haven.  pri\-ate.  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862:  wounded  May  10.  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va.; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

*D\VK;HT    I>.    (ioonwix,    Waterbury.    ])rivate,    enlisted    August    22,    1863, 


488  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

mustered  in  August  22,  1863;  captured,  date  arid  place  not  shown; 
died  November  8,  1863,  Richmond,  Va. 

DENNISON  C.  HALL.  \Vaterford,  private,  enlisted  September  i,  1864, 
mustered  in  September  i.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

*MICHAEL  HANLON,  Morris,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  3,  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

JAMES  HEARTY,  Norfolk,  private,  enlisted  July  12,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
transferred  to  3d  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  July  i,  1863;  discharged 
June  12,  1865. 

PATRICK  HEALEV,  Suffield,  private,  enlisted  August  23,  1864,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1864;  captured  October  27,  1864.  Boydton  Plank  Road, 
Va.;  died  January  23,  1865.  Richmond.  Va. 

LUTHER  K.  HIGP.Y,  New  Haven,  private,  enisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23  1864;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  6,  1863. 

CHARLES  K.  HIXE,  Waterlmry,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
29,  1863. 

ARTHUR  HITCHCOCK,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  (See  private  Co.  D  ist  C.  V.);  transferred  to  Co. 
F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  3,  1863;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  D 
25th  Regiment  U.  S.  C.  T.  June  5,  1865;  discharged  December  6,  1865. 

NELSON  HODGE.  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863.  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  died  Novem 
ber  2,  1863. 

THOMAS  HUGHES,  \Yest  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  December  6,  1864, 
mustered  in  December  6,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

GEORGE  A.  HULL,  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  October  31, 
1863. 

*JAMES  HYATT,  Cornwall,  pruate,  enlisted  September  5,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  5,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  2, 
1864. 

GEORGE  IXGHAM,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  June  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  (See  private  Co.  F.  ist  C.  V.  H.  A.);  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  January  15,  1863. 

WILLIAM  IRWIX,  Fast  Granby,  private,  enlisted  November  30,  1864. 
mustered  in  November  30,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A. 
May  30,  1865. 

*JAMES  G.  JACKSON^  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  24,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  24,  1863;  transferred  to  39th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V. 
R.  C.  January  5,  1864;  deserted  January  9,  1864. 


Official  Roster.  489 

JOHN  JENNINGS,  Windsor,  Vt,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1864,  mustered 

in  July  29,  1864;  captured  August  25,  1864;  Ream's  Station,  Va.;  pa- 
n  .led  September  — ,  1864;  died  September  26,  1864. 

*TnoM.\s  JONES,.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  September  24,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  24,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864,  as 
Charles  Jones;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Bienville"  and  "Richmond";  dis 
charged  July  15,  1865. 

JAMES  J.  JUDGE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  14,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  I5th  C.  V.  August  25,  1862. 

*THOMAS  KELLEY,  Harttord.  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  i,  1863;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  died 
August  26.  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

JAMES  KEKNEV,  Fast  Granby,  private,  enlisted  December  5,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  5,  1864;  captured  March  25,  1865,  Hatcher's  Run, 
Va.;  paroled  March  30,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30,  1865. 

LAWRENCE  KILLOUGH,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  10,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  15,  1862. 

*JAMES  KIRHY,  Chaplin,  private,  enlisted  September  3,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  3.  1863;  wounded  August  15,  1864,  Deep  Bottom,  Va.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  May  6.  1865. 

CHARLES  KRAFT,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  2,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863;  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  August  18,  1863. 

JAMES  LANGDON.  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  September  12,  1863. 

JOSEPH  A.  LEETE,  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  21, 
1863. 

FDWIN  A.  LEETE.  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862:  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  26, 
1863. 

JESSE  LEE,  West  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  December  6,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  6.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

ABRAM  W.  LOSEV,  Bristol,  private,  enlisted  December  6,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  6.  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

*WILLIAM  LUMGATE,  Pomfret.  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  deserted  August  22,  1864. 

*JOHN  LYNCH,  Rocky  Hill,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  7,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864.  Morton's  Ford,  Va.; 
deserted  March  27,  1864. 


490  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

*JOHN  MA<;IN,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  4,  1863;  deserted  May  4.  1864. 

STEPHEN  MALONEY,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  February  6,  1864. 
mustered  in  February  6,  1864;  killed  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va. 

PATRICK  MAI.ONEY,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  23.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  21,  1864. 

GEORC.E  S.  MANYILLE,  Middlebury,  private,  enlisted  August  IT,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Sta 
tion.  Va.;  died  October  2,  1864. 

WILLIAM  MANSFIELD,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  /,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  i8(>2;  missing  in  action  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  probably  killed;  no  further  record,  Adjutant-General's 
office.  Washington.  1).  C. 

Lons  MATHIEW.  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  19,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  September  19,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2d  C.  V.  11.  \.  May 
30.  1865. 

*JoiiN  MrC.M'.E,  \Vaterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22,  1863;  deserted  October  4,  1863. 

*THOMAS  McCoRMicK,  Fast  lladdam,  private,  enlisted  September  28, 
1863.  mustered  in  September  28.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2(1  C.  V. 
H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

FRANK  MC!)ONALI>,  Windsor,  Vt.,  private,  enlisted  July  27.  1864,  mus 
tered  in  July  27.  1864;  deserted  August  21.  1864. 

JAMES  Mc'DoNAi.n,  2(1.  Windsor,  Vt..  private,  enlisted  July  27.  1864, 
mustered  in  July  27.  1864;  transferred  from  hospital.  City  Point,  Va., 
to  Connecticut,  September  8,  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further  record, 
Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington.  I).  C. 

HL"(;H  MrFwEN,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  17,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  20. 
1863. 

WILLIAM  MC!NTVRE,  -  — ,  private,  enlisted  July  Q,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23.  1862;  deserted  August  24.  1862. 

*CHARLES  McR.\v,  Plymouth,  private,  enlisted  August  6.  1864,  mustered 
in  August  6,  1864;  deserted  August  14,  1864. 

CORNELIUS  MrREAiiv,  Berlin,  private,  enlisted  December  T,  1864.  mus 
tered  in  December  T.  1864;  deserted  February  11,  1865. 

*\VILLIAM  MILES,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1863.  mustered 
in  July  30.  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

GEORCE  MONROE.  Windham.  private,  enlisted  May  31,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

MICHAEL  MOONEV,  Fast  Windsor,  private,  enlisted  February  10,  1864. 
mustered  in  February  TO,  1864;  deserted  March  23.  1864. 

WILLIAM  MOORE,  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  December  2,  1864,  mustered 
in  December  2.  1864;  deserted  April  2.  1865. 


Official  Roster.  491 

*GEOKGE  MOYER,  JHartford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25.  1863;  deserted  August  12.  1863. 

*CHARLES  MTLLER,  Fast  Iladdam,  ])rivate,  enlisted  September  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  5,  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristue 
Station,  Va.;  died  June  21,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

Luis  MTLLER,  Xorwalk.  private,  enlisted  July  5,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  deserted  September  15,  1862. 

AXDKEW  Mi'Ki'HV,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksbnrg,  Va., 
wounded  May  3.  1863.  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  mustered  out  with  com 
pany  May  31,  1865. 

CoRXEurs  MrKi'HY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
July  20,  1863;  dishonorably  discharged  October  9,  1863. 

WILLIAM  MrKi'HY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  5,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  August  24,  1862. 

GEORGE  MVEK,  ^Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered 
in  Augu>t  4.  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

JOHN  MYERS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  January  26,  1864,  mustered  in 
January  26,  1864;  deserted  February  24,  1864. 

*HANS  XELSOX,  Groton.  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered  in 
August  4,  1863;  captured  December  I,  1863.  Rapidan.  Va.;  died  Feb 
ruary  23,  1864.  Richmond,  Va. 

*M.\RTix  XOLAX,  Fast  Iladdam,  private,  enlisted  September  5,  1863, 
mustered  in  September.  5.  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe 
Station.  Va.;  paroled  March  21.  1864;  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's 
Station,  Va.;  paroled  February  26,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2d  C.  V. 
II.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

JAMES  XOLAX,  Marlborough,  private,  enlisted  August  29.  1864,  mustered 
in  August  29.  1864;  captured  October  27.  1864.  Petersburg,  V'i.;  died 
December  26.  1864.  Petersburg.  Va. 

WIU.IAM  F.  XORTOX.  Madison,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksbtirg, 
Va. 

GEORGE  T.  XORTOX,  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  May  31.  1865. 

*Jonx  O'BRIEX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  30,  1864.  mustered  in 
June  30,  1864;  deserted  August  14,  1864. 

"MICHAEL  O'CoxxoR,  Plymouth,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1864,  mustered 
in  July  23.  1864;  deserted  August  14.  1864. 

*JAMES  O'XEIL,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  29.  1863;  deserted  August  12.  1863. 

*TIMOTHY  O'XEIL.  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  8.  1863;  captured  December  2,  1863,  Mine  Run, 


492  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

Va. ;   re-captured  by   U.    S.   troops   April    — ,    1865,    Salisbury,   N.   C. ;    dis 
charged  July   13,   1865. 

NATHAN  A.  PALMER,  North  Haven,  private,  enlisted  September  10,  1862. 
mustered  in  April  25.  1864;  transferred  from  Co.  B  27th  C.  V.  April 
25,  1864;  wounded  May  10.  1864,  Laurel  Hill.  Va.;  discharge,!  Feb 
ruary  1 1,  1865. 

JAMES  PITKETT,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  July  2,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  Mfeiy  6,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  discharged 
on  account  of  disability  November  28.  1864. 

JOHN  C.  PRATT,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23.  1862;  captured  November  19,  1862,  Falmouth,  Va.; 
paroled  November  22,  1862;  deserted  December  6,  1862. 

*RICHARD  Qrixx,  fHartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  31,  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

JOHN  REAGMON.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  9,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  23,  1862;  discharged  August  23,  1862,  (minor). 

MILES  G.  RICHARDSON,  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  died  November  2,  1863. 

JOSEPH  G.  ROBINSON,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  February  3,  1864, 
mustered  in  February  3,  1864;  wounded  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Sta 
tion,  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  14,  1865. 

*WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1864,  mustered 
in  July  29,  1864;  deserted  August  25,  1864. 

DAVID  MORTON  ROBERTS,  Norvvalk,  private,  enlisted  February  12,  1864, 
mustered  in  February  12,  1864;  discharged  July  3,  1865. 

JOHN  ROSE,  Windsor,  Vt.,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864,  mustered  in 
August  2,  1864;  deserted  August  25.  1864. 

HENRY  M.  ROSSITER  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  August  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  January  2,  1863. 

*HENRY  Ro\vx.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863,  mustered  in 
August  3,  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

THOMAS  RYAN,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  3,  1863;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsvillc,  Va.;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  L  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

TIMOTHY  RYAN,  Avon,  private,  enlisted  December  28,  1863,  mustered 
in  December  28,  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  L  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

JOHN  RYAN,  Avon,  private,  enlisted  June  14,  1862,  mustered  in  August 
23,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Md.;  mustered  out 
with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*CHARLES  SCHULTZ,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mustered 
in  October  2,  1863;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  died  August 
12,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 


Official  Roster.  493 

^HAMILTON  SCOTT,  Litchtield,  private,  enlisted  August  4,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  4,  1863;  deserted  Sept.  12,  1863. 

'1  HOMA.S  M.  SCRAXTOX,  Guilford,  private,  enlisted  August  15.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  parole 
not  shown;  died  January  3,  1863. 

LEWIS  \V.  SCRAXTOX,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  9.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  died  March  21,  1863. 

Krnsox  SCUTT.  \Yaterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  13.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  23,  1863. 

*JOHX  SHAY,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863.  mustered  in  July 
25.  1863;  deserted  August  12.  1863. 

HARVEY  R.  SHIPMAX,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  4,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  November  23,  1862. 

MICHAEL  SILVER,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  2.  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  mus- 
tered  nut  with  company  M'ay  31.  1865. 

CHARLES  STMOXS,  \Yillington.  private,  enlisted  August  13.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg, 
Va.;  died  February  19.  1863. 

*CHAKLES  SLESSEXGER,  New  Britain,  private,  enlisted  September  12, 
1863.  mustered  in  September  12.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864. 
Morton's  Ford.  Va.;  died  February  24.  1864. 

*GEORGE  SMITH,  Groton.  private,  enlisted  July  31.  1863.  mustered  in 
July  31.  1863;  deserted  July  31.  1864. 

*JOHX  SMITH,  ist,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  31.  1863,  mustered 
in  July  31.  1863;  wounded  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe  Station.  Va.; 
transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  5,  1864;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Chicopee," 
"Mattabessett"  and  "Newbern";  discharged  August  23.  1865. 

*JoHX  SMITH,  2d,  \Yaterbury.  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  22.  1863;  captured  October  14.  1863,  Bristoe  Sta 
tion,  Va.;  died  July  8.  1864.  Andersonville.  Ga. 

*JOSEPH  SMITH.  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1864.  mustered  ir 
July  29.  1864;  captured  October  27.  1864.  Boydton  Plank  Road.  Va.; 
parole  not  shown;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*CHARLES  Sxow.  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  September  28.  1863.  mustered 
in  September  28.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December 
1 7.  1863. 

*HAXS  SREXSOX,  Groion.  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1863.  mustered 
in  August  4,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  11, 
1864. 

JOHN  H.  STAPLES,  Fairfield.  private,  enlisted  November  3.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  November  18,  1863;  transferred  from  Co.  1  23d  C.  V.  Novem 
ber  18,  1863;  discharged  August  31,  1864. 


494  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

GEOR<;E  H.  STARR,  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  April  .\,  1865,  mustered 
in  April  4.  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2d  C.  V.  M.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

BARNARD  STARKEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  23,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
deserted  February  16,  1863. 

*JoHx  STEWART,  Meriden.  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8.  1863;  deserted  October  16,  1863. 

*JOHN  SULS.  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  October  i,  1863,  mustered  in 
October  i,  1863;  deserted  October  6,  1863. 

MICHAEL  STLLIYAN,  Fnlield,  private,  enlisted  August  i.  1864,  mustered 
in  August  i,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  L  2(1  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30.  i8(>5. 

SYLVESTER  J.  TAYLOR.  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  June  13.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  D  I2th  Regiment  V.  R. 
C.  August  13.  1863;  discharged  June  28.  1865. 

*THOMAS  TAYLOR.  Preston,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  3,  1863;  deserted  May  4.  1864. 

*JAMFS  TAYLOR,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  24,  1863;  captured,  date  and  place  not  shown;  died  October  I. 
1864.  Andersonville,  Ga. 

*THOMAS  TEARNEY,  Stamford,  private,  eniisted  July  20,  1864,  mustered 
in  July  20,  1864;  deserted  August  14.  1864. 

*THOMAS  THAYER,  Thompson,  private,  enlisted  .August  18,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  18.  1863;  captured  October  11,  1863,  Culpepper,  Va.; 
died  February  23,  1864,  Richmond,  Va. 

ALBERT  F.  THOMPSON,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  June  10,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  (See  private  Ritle  Co.  C  3(1  C.  V. )  ;  discharged 
mi  account  of  disability  January  10,  1863.' 

*\YILLIAM  THOMPSON,  ist,  Stonington.  private,  enlisted  August  4.  1863, 
mustered  in  August  4,  1863;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's 
Ford.  Va.;  died  July  15,  i86_|.  Andersonville,  Ga. 

*\YILLIAM  THOMPSON.  2(1,  Rocky  Hill,  private,  enlisted  September  8, 
1863,  mustered  in  September  8,  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864, 
M'orton's  Ford,  Va.;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Cliicopee";  discharged  April  26.  1866. 

\YILLIAM  THOMPSON.  3d.  illartford,  private,  enlisted  September  22, 
1863,  mustered  in  September  22,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5. 
1864;  served  on  U".  S.  S.  "Banshee";  deserted  September  5,  1864. 

JOHN  THOMPSON,  ist.  Rocky  Hill,  private,  enlisted  September  /,  1863. 
mustered  in  September  /,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  3.  1864; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Brooklyn";  died  March  8.  1865. 

*JoHN  THOMPSON,  2d,  tHartford,  private,  enlisted  September  7,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  /,  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Chicopee";  discharged  February  28.  1866. 

*GEOR<;E   THOMAS,  Lcdyard,   private,   enlisted   August   4,    1863,   mustered 


Official  Roster.  495 

in  August  4,  1863;  wounded  May  12,  1864,  Spottsyl-vania,  Va.;  deser 
ted  July  2,  1864. 

:;:FI.EETWOOD  Torus,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  October  2,  1863,  mustered 
in  October  2,  1863;  mustered  in  as  Frederick  Topitz;  promoted  hos 
pital  steward  U.  S.  A.  as  Fleet  wood  C.  Toplis  March  22,  1864;  dis 
charged  May  23.  1865. 

*F.\Diio  TRI/MI',,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863.  mustered  in 
August  3,  1863;  deserted  August  12.  '1863. 

:i:JoH\  11.  \YAI.THAI.L,  Hast  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  July  19.  1864;  deserted  August  14.  1864. 

*  JULIUS    \YAKI;I:R<;H,    Hartford,   private,    enlisted    August    ic,    1863,   mus 
tered  in  August   10.   1863;  deserted  September   12.  1863. 

*THOMAS  WATERS,  North  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  August  3,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  3.  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864,  Morton's 
Ford.  Va.;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864;  served  on  L".  S.  S. 
"Chicopee";  discharged  April  26.  1866. 

*\YiLLi.\.\r  \YATSOX,  Morris,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  3.  1863;  deserted  August  12,  1863. 

CHARLES  I',.  \YELLS,  Wethcrstield.  private,  enlisted  August  19,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  deserted  August  24.  1862. 

*JAMES  \\'ELCH.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  30.  1863.  mustered  in 
July  30.  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

^PATRICK  \\"EI.CH,  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  September  8.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8.  1863;  captured  December  i,  1863.  M«ne  Run. 
Va.;  died  February  20.  1864.  Richmond.  Va. 

M  ERR!  MAX  \YII.I.IAMS,  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  August  15.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  23,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  i, 
[863. 

*\Yiu.iA.\i  A.  \YILLIA.\IS,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29.  1863;  discharged  April  23,  1864.  by  reason  of  trans 
fer  to  U.  S.  X.;  no  further  record.  Adjutant-General's  Office,  \Yash- 
ington.  ]).  C. 

*  FRANK    WIU.IA.MS,    (ilastonbury.    private,    enlisted    September    5,    1863, 
mustered    in    September    5.    1863;    wounded    August    25.    1864,    Ream's 
Station.   Va.;   deserted   October    11.    18(14. 

ArsTiN  WILLIAMS,  Salem,  private,  enlisted  December  12,  1863,  mustered 
in  December  12.  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864.  Morton's  Ford, 
Va.;  trau.-ferred  to  Co.  K.  igth  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  January  28,  1865; 
discharged  July  24.  1865. 

FREDERICK  \YM.LIKE,  Fllington,  private,  enlisted  August  /,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  23.  1862;  discharged  May  18/1865. 

*DANIEL  \YILKINSON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  3.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  3.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  X.  May  5,  1864;  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "Merrimac";  deserted  August  8,  1864. 


496  Fourteenth   Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

PETER  O.  WILSON,  fNew  Haven,  private,,  enlisted  July  27,  1864,  mustered 
in  Jiilj-  27.  1864;  captured  October  27,  1864,  Stony  Creek,  Va.;  paroled 
March  10,  1865;  transferred  to  Co.  C  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

HENRY  WILSON,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  April  13,  1864,  mustered  in 
April  13,  1864;  deserted  August  n,  1864. 

*  WILLIAM  YOUNG,  Columbia,  private,  enlisted  November  29,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  December  — ,  1864;  transferred  from  Co.  A,  nth  C.  V.  De 
cember  — ,  1864;  wounded  March  25,  1865.  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.;  dis 
charged  July  17,  1865. 


COMPANY   K. 

ROBERT  H.  GILLETTE,  Hartford,  captain,  enlisted  September  6,  1862,  not 
mustered;  commissioned  captain,  (not  mustered);  resigned  December  20, 
1862. 

JAMES  B.  COIT,  Norwich,  captain,  enlisted  May  26,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  1st  lieutenant;  wounded  September  17, 
1862,  Antietam,  Md.;  promoted  May  I,  1863;  wounded  July  3,  1863, 
Gettysburg,  Pa.;  promoted  major  October  TT,  1863. 

WILLIAM  H.  HAWLEV,  Bridgeport,  captain,  enlisted  July  22,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  lieutenant  Co.  D  Decem 
ber  5,  1863;  killed  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. 

SAMUEL  FISK,  Madison,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2(1  lieutenant  Co.  I  August  20, 
1862;  captain  Co.  G  January  19,  1863. 

JAMES  R.  NICHOLS,  Norwich,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  May  29,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2cl  lieutenant  Co.  I  February 
4.  1863;  captain  Co.  I  November  13,  1863. 

HENRY  W.  WADHAMS,  Waterbury,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  4, 
1862.  mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  2cl  lieutenant  Co. 
D  November  13,  1863;  killed  May  26,  1864,  North  Anna  River,  Va. 

GEORGE  H.  LILLTBRIIIGE,  Franklin,  ist  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  14,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  as  2cl  lieutenant  from  Co. 
G  December  7.  1863;  wounded  May  5,  1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  promo 
ted  ist  lieutenant  September  19.  1864;  discharged  May  15,  1865. 

GEORGE  H.  D.  CROSBY.  Middletown,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  May  27,  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam. 
Md.;  died  October  23,  1862. 

FREDERICK  B.  HAWLEY,  Bridgeport,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  22.  186.?. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  A 
November  11,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
promoted  ist  lieutenant  Co.  G  February  4,  1863. 

CHARLES  LYMAN,  Bolton.  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  corporal  Co.  D  March  3,  1863;  dis 
charged  May  31,  1863. 


Official  Roster.  497 

NEWELL  P.  ROCKWOOD,  Windsor,  2d  lieutenant,  enlisted  July  14,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  sergeant 
November  12,  1862;  2d  lieutenant  June  3,  1863;  ist  lieutenant  Co.  D 
December  5.  1863. 

JOHX  T.  BRADLEY,  Madison,  2(1  lieutenant,  enlisted  August  18,  186.2, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  promoted  from  ist  sergeant  Co.  G  Janu 
ary  13,  1865;  wounded  March  25,  1865,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.;  died 
March  28,  1865. 

DAVID  F.  CAXFIKI.D,  Middletown,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  July  16,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  promoted  2d  lieutenant  Co.  I>  Novem 
ber  13,  1862. 

CHARLES  M.  AUSTIN,  Middletown,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  June  16.  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  promoted  Novem 
ber  13.  1862;  appointed  sergeant-major  January  13,  1865. 

JoSKi'H  T.  ADAMS.  Stouington,  ist  sergeant,  enlisted  May  31,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  sergeant;  wounded  October  14, 
1863,  Hristoe  Station,  Va.;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick);  promoted  sergeant 
September  30,  1864;  ist  sergeant  January  13,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

Lucius  J.  FSTES,  Hartford,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  sergeant  January 
i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  M*iy  31,  1865. 

CHRISTOPHER  FLYXX,  Sprague,  sergeant,  enlisted  August  12,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  No 
vember  9,  1862;  wounded  May  TO,  1864.  Laurel  Hill,  Va.;  promoted 
sergeant  March  I,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

Juxius  F.  GOODWIX,  Hartford,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  19,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.;  killed  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station,  Va. 

\YILLIAM  K.  MILLER,  Thompson,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  (Sec  private.  Rifle  Co.  B.  2d  C.  V. ) ;  mustered 
out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

PAUL  P.  NOYES,  Stonington,  sergeant,  enlisted  June  /,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  corporal;  promoted  sergeant  July  18, 
1863:  captured  August  25.  1864.  Ream's  Station.  Va.;  paroled  October 
17,  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

JOSEPH  F.  THOMPSON,  Hartford,  sergeant,  enlisted  July  15.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862:  mustered  private;  promoted  corporal  No 
vember  13.  1862;  sergeant  April  25.  1864;  2d  lieutenant  Co.  F  Septem 
ber  30.  1864. 

*CHESTER  BURTON,  Brooklyn,  corporal,  enlisted  August  15,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  15,  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  25. 
1864;  killed  May  10,  1864.  Sputtsylvania,  Va. 

NoK.MAxn  A.   BURKE,  Chatham,  corporal,  enlisted  August   14,  1862,  mils- 


498  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

tered  in  August  20,  1862;  (See  private  Co.  F,  I2th  C.  V.) ;  deserted 
August  28,  1862. 

JOHN  BKIERLY,  Norwich,  corporal,  enlisted  June  10,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  February  4,  1863; 
wounded  May  10,  1864,  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  discharged  May  31,  1865. 

PATRICK.  CURTISS,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  January  I,  1865;  mus 
tered  out  with  company  Mfty  31,  1865. 

*FRANCIS  DAILEY,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  27,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  -7.  ^863;  mustered  private;  promoted  March  i,  1864;  wounded 
May  5.  1864,  place  not  shown;  reduced  to  ranks  (sick)  July  i,  1804; 
deserted  September  23,  1864. 

EDWARD  DORCV,  Norwich,  corporal,  enlisted  June  23.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862.  Antietam,  Md.;  died 
October  8.  1862. 

*  EDWARD  FITZOERALD,  Norwich,  corporal,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  28.  1863;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  1 ,  1863; 
wounded  May  10.  1864.  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  deserted  July  15,  1864. 

ANDREW  FLOOD,  Chatham,  corporal,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  October  14,  1863, 
P>ristoe  Station,  Va.;  promoted  February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

EDWARD  GELSTOX,  Coventry,  corporal,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  March  i,  1804;  re 
duced  to  ranks  May  I,  1864;  promoted  January  i.  1865;  wounded 
February  7,  1865,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.;  mustered  out  with  c.mipany 
May  31,  1865. 

FREDERICK  M.  GOFE,  Chatham,  corporal,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  15, 
1863. 

HENRY  HASLER,  Ledyard,  corporal,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  wounded  May  11,  1864,  Spottsyl 
vania,  Va.;  promoted  April  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 

HENRY  H.  HULL,  Norwich,  corporal,  enlisted  May  27,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  13.  1862; 
wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  discharged  on  ac 
count  of  disability  March  2,  1865. 

*THOMAS  MADDEN,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  31,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  31,  1863;  mustered  private;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Mor 
ton's  Ford,  Va.;  promoted  February  20,  1864;  wounded  May  15.  1864, 
Spottsylvania,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  G  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

STEPHEN    M.   RUSSELL,   Haddam,   corporal,   enlisted   June   9,    1862,   mus- 


Official  Roster.  499 

tered  in  August  20,  1862;  (Sec  private  Co.  K,  8th  C.  V.);  reduced  to 
ranks  (sick);  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  15,  1863. 

ALPHEUS  SEARS,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  July  n,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  1.3,  1862; 
deserted  December  31,  1862. 

ALFRED  T.  SYMONDS,  Windham,  corporal,  enlisted  July  30,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  private;  promoted  November  13, 
1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.,  wounded  Decem 
ber  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  A,  i8th  Regi 
ment  V.  R.  C.  September  i,  1863;  discharged  June  28,  1865. 

JOHN  R.  WEBSTER,  Hartford,  corporal,  enlisted  August  5,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  M'd.; 
died  October  6,  1862. 

SIMON  A.  ARMSTRONG,  Montville,  musician,  enlisted  August  19,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  ranks;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

WILLIAM  (.).  GUILEORD,  Watcrbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  8,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  as  private  from  Co.  F  Octo 
ber  20,  1864;  detailed  musician;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31. 
1865. 

FREDERICK  Wr.  KURTZ,  Waterbury,  musician,  enlisted  August  19,  1862, 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  transferred  as  private  from  Co.  K  Octo 
ber  20,  1864;  detailed  musician;  mustered  out  with  company  May 
31,  1865. 

LEVERETT  W.  STONE,  Hartford,  musician,  enlisted  July  30,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  12, 
1863. 

WILLIAM  CUTLER,  Hartford,  wagoner,  enlisted  June  17,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  ranks;  mustered  out  with  company 
May  31,  1865. 

REUIIEN  T.  ACKLEY,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  July  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F,  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  August 

13,  1863;   transferred   to   27th    Co.   2d   Battalion    December   I,    1863;    dis 
charged   on   account  of  disability  February   16,   1864. 

WILLIAM  R.  ALLEN,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  11,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  March  9.  1863. 

STEPHEN  1).  ALLYN,  Ledyard,  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862,  Antietam.  Md.; 
wounded  May  24,  1864,  North  Anna  River,  Va.;  died  June  8,  1864. 

*ANDREW  ANDERSON,  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8,  1863;  (See  private  Co.  B.  9th  C.  V. ) ;  captured  October 

14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va.;  died  June  23,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 
OLIVER    C.    AVERY,    Chatham,    private,    enlisted    July    26,    1862,    mustered 

in   August  20,   1862;   died   December  4,   1862. 


500  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

GEORGE  W.  BAHOK-K,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  June  10,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  October  20,  1862. 

JOHN  BAYHAX,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1802.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862,  Antietam.  Mel.,  wound 
ed  March  25.  1865.  Hatcher's  Run.  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  dis 
ability  July  17,  1865. 

NELSON  J.  BEMONT,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md.. 
wounded  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg.  Va.;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31,  1865. 

*CRAYTOX  BILLINGS.  Windham,  private,  enlisted  August  21,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  21,  1863;  wounded  February  5.  1865.  Hatcher's  Run. 
Va.;  transferred  to  Co.  G.  2d  C.  V.  Ft.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*GEORGE  W.  BLAKE,  Guilford.  private,  enlisted  August  i,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  i,  1863;  captured  August  25.  1864.  Ream's  Station. 
Va.;  died,  date  not  shown.  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

STEPHEN  G.  BOLLES.  Aiarlborough,  private,  enlisted  June  21,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  September  22.  1862. 

JOHX  C.  BOWERS.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  13.  1802.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  G.  2(1  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

HENRY  W.  BOWERS,  Somers,  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  captured  August  25,  1864,  Ream's  Station.  Va.; 
paroled  March  2.  1865;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

HORATIO  H.  BRAJXERU,  Somers,  private,  enlisted  August  14.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md.; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  November  13.  1862. 

CORNELIUS  BREXXAX,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  June  21,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  July  3,  1863.  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  transferred 
to  23d  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  August  17,  1863;  discharged  July 
5.  1865. 

*CHARLES  BURROWS,  Killingly,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  15,  1863;  killed  May  24.  1864,  North  Anna  River.  Va. 

*OwEX  BURKE,  Vernon,  private,  enlisted  October  i,  1863.  mustered  in 
October  T.  1863;  transferred  to  White  Hall,  Pa.,  April  6,  1865;  no 
further  record.  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington,  D.  C. 

WILLIAM  H.  CARROLL,  Wallingforcl,  private,  enlisted  May  30,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam  Md., 
wounded  December  13.  1862,  Fredericksburg.  Va.,  wounded  M:ay  6, 
1864,  Wilderness,  Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  June  13, 
1865. 

*FmvARu  CAYANAUGH,  Salisbury,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  deserted  October  15,  1863. 

FREDERICK    W.    CHAUWICK,    Stafford,    private,    enlisted    August   2,    1862, 


Official  Roster.  501 


mustered    in    August    20.    1862;    discharged    on    account    of 
April    i.    1863. 

*JAMES  CLARK,  Midclletown,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  28,  1863;  deserted  August  16.  1864. 

*MAKTIN  COLLINS,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  28,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  7,  1864. 

*  FRANK  COLEMAX,  Stonington,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  30,  1863;  deserted  September  12,  1863. 

*Jonx  COXLOX,  New  Milford,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  12,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  12, 
1863. 

ALFRED  COWLES,  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  May  10.  1864,  Laurel  Hill.  Va.;  dis 
charged  September  7,  1865. 

JOHN  CUNNINGHAM,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  December  3,  1862. 

*DENNIS  DAILEY,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  G,  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*JOHN  DALE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  5,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  5.  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

*\YILLIAM  DAOUEXECKEK,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  31,  1863. 
mustered  in  July  31.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  G,  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

PETER  DIVINE,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Md.;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  from  hospital  July  3,  1863;  failed  to  report;  no  further 
record,  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington.  D.  C. 

JAMES  D<X;AN.  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  May  31,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  23d  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C. 
August  17.  1863;  discharged  as  James  Dugan  July  5.  1865. 

HUGH  DORIXGTOX,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  8,  1863. 

*XOYES  DOWNS,  Woodstock,  private,  enlisted  September  19,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  19.  1863:  deserted  December  10,  1863. 

*JOHN  DOYLE,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  25.  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25.  1863;  wounded  October  14,  1863,  Bristoe  Station,  Va.;  de 
serted  January  10.  1864. 

JACOB  DYETCH.  Ledyard.  private,  enlisted  August  n,  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antietam,  Aid.;  trans 
ferred  to  ii4th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  February  15,  1864;  discharged 
July  T8;  186$.  - 

*GEORGE  FLLIS,  Meriden,  "private,  enlisted'  August  8,  1863,  "mustered  in 
'Aug'ust"8,'  Y863?~discharged  on  account  of  disability  O'cto'b'er  23,  1863. 

THOMAS    KARTELL,  '  Hartford,    private,    enlisted    July   9,    1862,    mustered 


502  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862.  Antietam,  Aid.; 
transferred  to  p6th  Co.  2d  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  November  25.  1863; 
discharged  on  account  of  disability  July  12,  1865. 

FUGENE  FIELD,  Somers,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  TO,  1863 

CHESTER  C.  FIELD,  Somers,  private,  eniisted  August  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  May  10,  1864.  Laurel  Hill,  Va. 

*GEOKCE  FLAMMER,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  28,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  28,  1863;  wounded  May  10,  1864,  Laurel  Hill,  Va.;  deserted 
May  — ,  1865. 

*\VILLIAM  FOSTER.  Meriden,  private,  enlisted  August  15.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  15.  1863;  captured  December  I.  1863,  Rapidan.  Va.;  died 
Mjarch  10,  1864.  Richmond.  Va. 

BENJAMIN  R.  FULLER,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  May  27,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  killed  September  17,  1862.  Antietam.  Md. 

FRANKLIN  FULLER,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  October  6,  1862. 

SELDEN  FULLER,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  June  2.  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862.  Antietam.  Md.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  February  13.  1863. 

*JAMES  GAREY,  Venion,  private,  enlisted  September  30,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  30,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January 
7.  1864. 

JOHN  GLVNN.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  14,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  28.  1863; 
(See  private  Co.  A  I2th  C.  V.) 

*PETER  GRAY,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  27.  1863,  mustered 
in  August  27,  1863;  wounded  June  18,  1864.  Petersburg,  Va.;  trans 
ferred  to  Co.  G  2d  C.  V.  11.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*JoHN  GREEN,  Branford.  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  25.  1863;  deserted  August  18,  1863. 

ALONZO  GKISWOLD,  Somers,  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  and  captured  October  27,  1864,  iioydton 
Plank  Road,  Va.;  died  December  4,  1864.  Richmond,  Va. 

*RICHARI>  GKH;<;S.  Windham,  private,  enlisted  August  21,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  21,  1863;  captured  December  T,  1863,  Rapidan,  V.'..;  died 
February  T,  1864.  Richmond.  Va. 

PATRICK  F.  GRIFFIN,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  June  5,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  I)  241)1  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
April  28.  1864;  discharged  July  TO.  1865. 

PATRICK  HALL,  Xew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22,  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

THOMAS  1  IANNAH,  Manchester,  private,  enlisted  May  28,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 


Official  Roster.  503 

JOHN  TF\RREX,  Durham,  private,  enlisted  June  4,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17,  1862,  Antictam.  Mel.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  January  10,  1863. 

*Hi'(JH  HAY,  Winchester,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  September  8,  1863;  captured  December  I.  1863,  Rapidan,  Va.;  died 
March  2.  1864.  Richmond.  Va. 

*JESSE  HOADLEV,  JHartford,  private,  enlisted  August  IT,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  n,  1863;  wounded  March  25.  1865,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.;  dis 
charged  August  4.  1865. 

FRANCIS  HOLLISTEK,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  July  26,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  died  December  23.  1862. 

FREDERICK  J.  HOLLISTER,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  died  December  23,  1862. 

*\YILUAM  I  IOTCHKISS.  Meriden.  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8,  1863;  captured  November  17,  1863.  Orange  County, 
Tenn.;  paroled  March  21.  1864;  transferred  to  Captain  Alexander,  ist 
Regiment  Delaware  Volunteers  May  16,  1864;  failed  to  report;  no 
further  record.  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Washington,  D.  C. 

JARED  F.  HOXIE,  Griswold,  private,  enlisted  July  15.  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  died  December  i.  1863. 

.\SA  L.  HUGHES,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  May  26,  18(12.  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  (See  private  Rirlle  Co.  A,  2(1  C.  V. ) ;  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  December  15.  1862. 

ARTHUR  HULL,  Preston,  private,  enlisted  September  2.  i86_j,  mustered 
in  September  2.  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

WALTER  HUSSEV,  Griswold,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  deserted  August  25,  1862. 

*JosKi'n  llvxES,  tNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  2g,  1863;  cleserU'cl  October  15,  1864. 

GEORGE  \Y.  Jonxs.x,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  died  December  3,  1862. 

MICHAEL  JOHXSOX,  Fast  lladdam,  private,  enlisted  June  6,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*THOMAS  Jonxsix,  Pomfret,  private,  enlisted  September  IT.  1863.  mus 
tered  in  September  IT.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  G,  2d  C.  V.  IF  A. 
May  30.  1865. 

*ROI:EUT  JOXES,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  27,  1863.  mustered 
in  July  27.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  7,  1864. 

:;:MiciiAKL  KELLEV,  Middletown,  private,  enlisted  August  2,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  2,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  G,  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

OSCAR  Kir.HE,  Somers.  private,  enlisted  August  14,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  February  6.  1864.  Morton's  Ford,  Va.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  June  5.  1865. 


504  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

*CHAUNCEY  KINGSIU'RY,  Killingly,  private,  enlisted  August  15,  1863, 
mustered  in  August  15,  1863;  captured  May  12,  1864,  Spottsylvania, 
Va.;  died  June  3,  1864,  Andersonville,  Ga. 

*LEOPOLD  KLEJX,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  F.  2Oth  Regiment  V.  R.  C. 
January  13,  1864;  discharged  July  18,  1865. 

*CALVIN  J.  LAMPHERE,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  20,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  20.  1863;  wounded  August  15.  1864,  Deep  P>ottom.  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  G.  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30,  1865. 

*GEORGE  L.vrox,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  18,  1863;  shot  for  desertion  September  12.  1863. 

FRANK  LAUGHLIN,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  May  29,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  killed  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

^PATRICK  LATCHLIN,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25,  1863;  deserted  February  5.  1864. 

*  GEORGE  LIVINGSTON,  Oxford,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in   August  8.    1863;   transferred   to  U.   S.   N.   May  2.   1864,   solved   on  U. 
S.  S.  "Cyane";   appointed  captain's   clerk    December   TO.   1865;   appoint 
ment  revoked  and  discharged  March  4,  1866. 

WILLIAM  N.  LOOM  is,  Andover,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  i8f>5. 

WILLIAM  MACOMJJER,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  20,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1864;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  186.5. 

*ALBERT  MAXSKEY,  Waterbnry,  private,  enlisted  September  26.  1863, 
mustered  in  September  20,  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
April  28.  1865. 

*  FREDERICK  MARTINET.  Lebanon,  private,  enlisted  July  29,   1863.  mustered 
in    July   29.    1863;    transferred    to    U.    S.    N.    May   2,    1864.    TS    Frederick 
Marlines;   served   on    U.    S.   S.   "St.    Mary's";    discharged   September   3, 
1865. 

*JAMES  MARTIN.  Waterbnry,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863.  mustered 
in  August  22,  1863;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

PATRICK  MASTERSOX,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  20,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  January  25.  1863. 

FRASTCS  A.  MAVXARD,  Ledyard,  private,  enlisted  June  13,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862.  Antietam,  Md.;  died 
January  4,  1863. 

SAM  TEL  McCi'XE,  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  February  8, 
1863. 

ROBERT  A.  McDoxALi>,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  32,  1862,, mustered 
iii'  August  20.  1862;  'deserted  August' 25,  1862.' 

*WiLLfAM  C.  Mct)oxALi>,  t'H artforcl,',  private,  enlisted  July  29,  186,3,  mus 
tered  in  July  29,  1863;  deserted  August  25.  1863. 


Official   Roster.  505 

"WILLIAM  C.  McDorcAL,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  July  29,  1X63;  deserted  October  14,  1863. 

:;JAMES  MeF.LRov,  Groton.  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  deserted  September  13,  1863. 

:I:'|'HOMAS  McGRATH,  tXevv  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29.  1863;  wounded  May  5,  1864.  Wilderness,  V't.;  de- 
serted  June  19,  1864. 

JAMES  McGovERX,  Griswold,  private,  enlisted  July  16,  1862,  mustered  it. 
August  20.  1862;  deserted  August  25.  1862. 

MICHAEL  McGovERX,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  15.  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  deserted  August  25,  1862. 

:;'Joii.\  McNEiL,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1863,  mustered 
in  July  25.  1863;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  i~, 
1863. 

*\YILLIAM  JOHN  McNEiL,  Groton,  private,  enlisted  July  29,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  July  29.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  2.  1864;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "St.  Mary's"  and  "Wateree";  discharged  August  31,  1866. 

JAMKS  McVAY,  Norwich.  private,  enlisted  July  14.  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1802;  died  September  9.  1862. 

MICHAEL  McVAY,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  5.  1862.  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31.  1865. 

FRANCIS  McYAY,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  July  3.  1863.  Gettysburg.  Pa.,  wounded 
May  5.  1864.  Wilderness,  Va.;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31, 
1865. 

*ANHON  MENKE,  New  Canaan,  private,  enlisted  August  I,  1864.  mus 
tered  in  August  i,  1864;  transferred  to  Co.  L,  2cl  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30, 
1865. 

^AUGUST  MONT,  Harttord,  private,  enlisted  July  30,  1863.  mustered  in 
July  30,  1863;  deserted  August  6.  1863. 

*FREDERICK  MOORE,  Waterford,  private,  enlisted  August  18.  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  18.  1863;  died  May  2.  1864. 

*  PIERRE  MOREL,  New  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  18.  T8(>3,  mus 
tered  in  August  18.  1863;  discharged  May  29.  1865. 

:;A\'ILI.IAM  MCRRY.  Colchester,  private,  enlisted  August  IT,  1863.  mus 
tered  in  August  ii.  1863;  transferred  to  U.  S.  N.  May  2.  1864;  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "Cyane"  and  "Independence'';  discharged  May  22,  1866. 

*JoHX  MTRRY.  Lyme.  private,  enlisted  August  H.  1863,  mustered  in 
.\ugust  ii.  1863;  captured  October  14,  1863,  Hristoe  Station.  Va.; 
parole  not  shown;  wounded,  date  and'  plaCe"U'ot"  shown ;  transferred 
to  Co.  G.  2d  C.  V.  11.  A1.  May  30.  1865:  • 

•  *Orw  NELSON*.  New'  lioiidbn.  [  private,' Mei1llstetf:  August' 'u.  "1863, "mus 
tered  in  August  ii.  1863;  deserted  'NdVern'bef ''19'.  1863.  ; 


506  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.   Infantry. 

*MOSES  TRACY  XEWELL,  TIarford,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  July  19,  1864;  (See  Xewell  Tracy). 

OLNEY  O'DONXELL,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  18,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  12, 
1863. 

JOHN  O'XEIL,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  7,  1862;  mustered  in  Aug 
ust  20,  1862;  mustered  out  with  c«mpany  May  31.  1865. 

JOSIAH  L.  I).  OTIS,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  25,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13.  1862.  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
died  February  10,  1863. 

JOHN  PARKER,  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  May  31,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  December  23, 
1863. 

^CHARLES  Pixcus,  Waterbnry,  private,  enlisted  August  25,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  25,  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  G  2d  C.  V.  II.  A.  May 
30.  1865. 

HIRAM  X.  POST,  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  July  24,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  deserted  November  I,  1862. 

*AXDREW  QriXLAX,  Hasten,  private,  enlisted  September  11,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  11,  1863;  deserted  November  19.  1863. 

*EDWAKD  RACE,  Colchester,  private,  enlisted  August  11,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  ii,  1863;  deserted  October  14.  1863. 

HDWAKD  RICXEY,  Sprague,  private,  enlisted  August  13,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va., 
wounded  August  15.  1864,  Deep  Bottom,  Va.;  mustered  out  with 
company  May  31.  1865. 

CHARLES  II.  RISLEY.  Coventry,  private,  enlisted  July  29.  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  September  17.  1862.  Antietarn, 
Md.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  January  12,  1863. 

ROLAND  RISING,  Suffield,  private,  enlisted  June  12,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  December  13,  1862,  Fredericksburg,  Va.; 
died  December  30.  1862. 

CHRISTOPHER  SCHULTE,  Preston,  private,  enlisted  June  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  died  March  20,  1863. 

JACOB  SCHNEIDER,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  July  21,  1862,  mustered  u 
August  20,  1862;  wounded  October  27,  1864,  Boydton  Plank  Road, 
Va.;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  August  21.  1865. 

*RORERT  SCOTT,  Waterbury  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22.  1863;  deserted  October  14.  1863. 

*Ji"Lirs  SELL,  jNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  8.  1863;  deserted  November  19,  1863. 

*Jonx  SHAXTZ,  Xew  Britain,  private,  enlisted  July  20,  1864,  mustered  !n 
July  20.  1864;  deserted  August  10.  1864. 


Official  Roster.  507 

*Mu  HAEL  SHAUGHNESSY,  Vernon.  private,  enlisted  September  30,  1863, 
mustered  in  September  30,  1863;  killed  May  (>,  i<8f>4,  Wilderness,  Va. 

LKOXAKD  SIMONS.  Norwieh,  private,  enlisted  June  9,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

JOHN  SMITH,  Griswold,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  i8(>2;  wounded  May  3,  1863,  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  cap 
tured  June  22,  1864,  Petersburg,  Va.;  paroled  December  11,  1864; 
mustered  out  with  company  May  31,  1865. 

*CHARLES  SMITH,  tl  lartford,  private,  enlisted  July  23,  1863,  mustered  in 
July  23,  18(13;  deserted  October  16,  1863. 

*JOHAN  SPECKLES,  Colchester,  private,  enlisted  August  IT,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  Ji.  1863;  transferred  to  Co.  G,  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  M-ay 
30,  1865. 

JrnsoN  F.  SPERRY,  \\Oodbridge,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20,  1862;  died  January  2,  1863. 

GEORGE  SIMNDLEK.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  wounded  May  5,  1864.  Wilderness.  Va.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  June  6.  1865. 

*JOHN  STARK,  Waterbury,  private,  enlisted  August  22,  1863,  mustered 
in  August  22.  1863;  wounded  February  6,  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va.; 
transferred  to  Co.  G.  2d  C.  V.  H.  A.  May  30.  1865. 

*Jonx  STAI-IS,  Wetherslield,  private,  enlisted  September  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  September  8,  1863;  captured  February  6,  1864,  Morton's 
Ford.  Va.;  paroled  December  — ,  1864;  died  December  21,  1864. 

FTGEXE  STLLIYAX.  Bridgeport,  private,  enlisted  Juy  17,  1862.  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March  7,  1863. 

SMITH  S.  TAYLOR.  Farmington,  private,  enlisted  August  7,  1862.  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  died  December  6.  1862. 

*GEORGE  THOMPSON,  Winchester,  private,  enlisted  July  15,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20.  1862;  deserted  August  16,  1864. 

GEORGE  I).  TRACY.  Chatham,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1862,  mustered 
in  August  20,  1862;  deserted  November  i.  1862. 

*\K\VKU.  TRACY.  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  July  19,  1864,  mustered  in 
July  19.  18(14;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  Mav  17,  1865;  (cor 
rect  name  Moses  Tracy  Xewell). 

HENRY  \Y.  TRYOX,  Middle-town,  private,  enlisted  May  29,  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability  March 
5,  1863. 

FREDERICK  WAGOXER,  -  — .  private,  enlisted  -  — ,  mustered  in 

— ;  deserted  September  29,  18(13. 

*GEORGE  WALLAGK,  Branford,  private,  enlisted  July  25  1863,  mustered  in 
July  25,  1863;  wounded  February  6.  1864,  Morton's  Ford,  Va., 
wounded  May  10,  1864,  place  not  given;  transferred  to  72(1  Co.  2d 
Battalion  V.  K.  C.  October  20,  1864;  discharged  September  23,  1865. 


508  Fourteenth  Regiment,  C.  V.  Infantry. 

EDWIN  F.  WEEKS,  Chaplin,  private,  enlisted  June  23,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20,  1862;  transferred  to  Co.  F,  3d  Regiment  V.  R.  C.  July  20, 
1863;  discharged  July  6.  1865. 

JOHN  WILSON,  Hartford,  private,  enlisted  August  12,  1862,  mustered  in 
August  20.  1862;  transferred  to  ii4th  Co.  2(1  Battalion  V.  R.  C.  Feb 
ruary  15,  1864;  discharged  July  18.  1865. 

BARRETT  WILTON,  fNew  Haven,  private,  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  mus 
tered  in  August  8.  1863;  deserted  December  10,  1863. 

*JOHN  WILLIAMS,  Winchester,  private,  enlisted  August  6,  1864,  mus 
tered  in  August  6.  1864;  deserted  August  16.  1864. 

WILLIAM  F.  WOODM  AN  SEE.  Preston,  private,  enlisted  August  14.  1862. 
mustered  in  August  20.  1862;  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
December  8,  1862. 

HENRY  P.  YERRINGTON,  Norwich,  private,  enlisted  June  9.  1862,  mus 
tered  in  August  9.  1862;  wounded  September  i/.  1862,  Antictam.  Md.; 
died  September  28,  i8()2. 

TXASSIGXFI)    RFCRU1TS. 

GEORGE  W.  BALCOM,  Vernon,  private,  mustered  in  February  22,  1864; 
discharged  November  9.  1865. 

JAMES  BARTLETT,  llartland,  private,  mustered  in  November  17,  1864. 
transferred  to  regiment  December  24,  1864;  failed  to  report;  no 
further  record. 

JOSEPH  B.  BOND,  Salisbury,  private,  mustered  in  March  22,  1864;  died 
April  1 1,  1864. 

JAMES  BROWN,  Fnlield.  private,  mustered  in  November  19.  1864;  dis 
charged  December  15.  1864. 

DAVID  BURNS,  Canton,  private,  mustered  in  November  18.  1864;  shot 
while  in  the  act  of  deserting,  date  not  given. 

THOMAS  CONNORS,  Glastonbury,  private,  mustered  in  December  9.  1864; 
transferred  to  regiment  December  24.  1864;  failed  to  report;  no 
further  record. 

GEORGE  DAVIS,  Hebron,  private,  mustered  in  January  4,  1865,  transferred 
to  regiment  January  29,  1865;  failed  to  report;  no  further  record. 

JOHN  DAVIS,  Marlborough,  private,  mustered  in  January  5,  1865  ;  trans 
ferred  to  regiment  January  29.  1865;  failed  to  report;  no  further 
record. 

JOHN  DREW,  Suffield,  private,  mustered  in  November  12.  1864,  trans 
ferred  to  regiment  December  •]  1 .  1864;  failecl  to  report;  no  further 
r-edord.'  -  •  <-(y>-  •'••|  '  '  '"•' 

HtNTv  Gl'astonbwry^,- private,' mustered   in    December^,    1864;    (Vi's- 
' January-  9,   1865:   '  *  "' 

Mt'R-PHV,  "-Manchester,  'private,  mustered  in   December'  /','  1864 '; 
discharged  December  28,   1864. 


Official  Roster.  509 

FKLIX  O'XF.IL,  Bridgeport,  private,  mustered  in  Febuary  3,  1864;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  disability  May  23.  1864. 

THOMAS  PKTSOX,  \Yoodbury.  private,  mustered  in  February  19,  1864; 
transferred  to  regiment  March  4.  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further 
record. 

THOMAS  PHILLIPS,  Norwalk.  private,  mustered  in  February  12,  1864; 
transferred  to  regiment  February  16.  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further 

rec<  >rd. 

Finvix  T.  ROCKKS,  Granby,  private,  mustered  in  November  29,  1864;  dis 
charged  January  15,  1865. 

IOHX  SIMPSON,  \Yoodbury,  private,  mustered  in  February  19,  1864; 
transferred  to  regiment  March  4.  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further 
record. 

WILLIAM  THOMSOX,  hartford.  private,  mustered  in  February  26.  1864; 
transferred  to  regiment  March  4,  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further 
record. 

GKOKGK  THOMSOX,  Madison,  private,  mustered  in  March  16,  1864;  trans 
ferred  to  regiment  April  /.  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further  record. 

HEXRV  \Yii.sox,  Vernon.  private,  mustered  in  December  2,  1864;  dis 
charged  December  16.  1864. 

SAMUEL  WILLIAMS,  Hartland,  private,  mustered  in  November  18,  1864; 
discharged  December  16.  1864. 

JOHX  B.  \YIXKY,  Salisbury,  private,  mustered  in  March  22,  1864,  trans 
ferred  to  regiment  April  7.  1864;  failed  to  report;  no  further  record. 

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